| Other author/creator | Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880, editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyxbYy67ygbdjBpcdJqwC |
| Other author/creator | Wallin, Samuel, illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Childs, Benjamin F., 1814-1863, engraver. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJbGVTHXqHP7yxf6hJtR8C |
| Other author/creator | Ticknor and Fields, publisher. |
| Other author/creator | C.S. Francis & Co., copyright holder. |
| Contents |
Fiamma, or The vase of golden water -- The crystal palace -- Violet's May-Day -- Gertrude's search; or, Fairy music -- Bright sunshine -- The little voyagers -- Fanny's menagerie -- The rainbow-winged spirit -- Rose Island. |
| Local note | Joyner Rare copy autographed on front flyleaf by Edith F. Parry. |
| General note | "The author merely intended them for the private amusement of a few juvenile relatives; but the MS. accidentally met my eye, and I was so charmed with the freshness and beauty of the stories, that I begged permission to publish them."--Preface, p. 7. Attributed to Caroline S. Tappan in BAL (3161). |
| General note | New York copyright 1847 by C.S. Francis & Co. |
| General note | "Ticknor & Co."--Spine. |
| General note | In red cloth. |
| General note | "Twenty-eight original sketches have been neatly designed by Mr. S. Wallin, of City Hall Place; and Mr. B.F. Childs ... one of our best wood-engravers."--Preface, p. 8. |
| References |
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1958 ed.), 1258 |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy purchased from Rivertown Fine Books, 2/11/2024 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Tappan, Caroline Sturgis, 1819-1888. Rainbows for children. Boston: : Ticknor and Fields., 1868 |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Relief prints. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) 1868. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1868. |
| Genre/form | Fairy tales 1868. |
