THE ROYAL BOOK OF DREAMS and Visions of the Night.

THE ROYAL BOOK OF DREAMS and Visions of the Night.

London.J. Catnach. No date. (Circa 1830). 12pp. Illustrated with a wood-engraved allegorical frontispiece and nine other wood-engravings within the text. The Upper wrapper bears another engraving and the following instruction: 'Strange bed. Lay under your pillow a prayer book opened at the matrimonial service, bound round with the garter you wore that day, and a sprig of myrtle on the page that says, with this Ring I thee wed, and your dream will be ominous.' Original wrappers. 12mo. Wrappers laid down on blue sugar paper where once split; corners straightened where once bent; blank corner torn from last leaf without affecting text. Generally a good plus copy of a rare chapbook printing of a popular title.

Book ID: 4250
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