Early editions are very rare. Children's book scholar and collector Peter Opie
recorded in 1965 his excitement on acquiring a probable second edition of this beloved classic, dating from 1858, to go with his probable...
Textual Features
Eliza Fenwick
Iona
and Peter Opie
called this the most important collection of verse for children of the early nineteenth century. Lissa Paul
judges that it holds an important place in the history of the genre. It...
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Texts
Opie, Iona Archibald, and Peter Opie, editors. The Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes. Clarendon Press, 1951.