![255Curious Adventures (The) of a Little White Mouse; [c.1790].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/aaf49df6-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/babed700-ec91-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "255Curious Adventures (The) of a Little White Mouse; [c.1790].")
Lot 255
Curious Adventures (The) of a Little White Mouse; [c.1790].
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Curious Adventures (The) of a Little White Mouse; or a Bad Boy changed in a very comical manner into a Good Boy, woodcut frontispiece and 9 illustrations, first and last ff. laid onto pastedowns, gatherings becoming loose, original boards, spine defective, rubbed, 16mo, for W. Lane, at the Minerva, Leadenhall-Street, [c.1790].
⁂ In this rare fairy tale the wicked boy Whitelocks is changed into a white mouse by Fairy Fidget. He is eventually returned to his original form after various adventures and becomes King of Fairyland. Only 3 copies on ESTC, we can trace no copy at auction since 1988.
Description
Curious Adventures (The) of a Little White Mouse; or a Bad Boy changed in a very comical manner into a Good Boy, woodcut frontispiece and 9 illustrations, first and last ff. laid onto pastedowns, gatherings becoming loose, original boards, spine defective, rubbed, 16mo, for W. Lane, at the Minerva, Leadenhall-Street, [c.1790].
⁂ In this rare fairy tale the wicked boy Whitelocks is changed into a white mouse by Fairy Fidget. He is eventually returned to his original form after various adventures and becomes King of Fairyland. Only 3 copies on ESTC, we can trace no copy at auction since 1988.
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