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The Maid of London Bridge. A story of the time of Kett's rebellion

GIBNEY, Somerville. · 1892 · Jarrold & Sons · 17 pictures

A historical novel for young readers by Somerville Gibney, set during Kett's 1549 rebellion and published by Jarrold & Sons in London in 1892. The plates are wood-engraved chapter ornaments and tailpieces: paired owls in a medallion framed by hawthorn blossom, symmetrical strapwork cartouches, a lyre with scrolled sheets of music, and foliate sprays usable as rules, dividers and spot decoration.

British Library · HMNTS 012634.i.50. · Digitised by the British Library with Microsoft · No known copyright restrictions (public domain) · More from this library