Monash University Library Rare Books: Monographs Collection
Title
Monash University Library Rare Books: Monographs Collection
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/1401998
Description
Founded in 1961 - the year Monash University opened - Monash University Library's Rare Books collection comprises materials considered rare because of age, uniqueness or physical beauty.
Learn more about the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection
This online collection contains a growing selection of monographs from Monash University Library's Rare Books collection.
Learn more about the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection
This online collection contains a growing selection of monographs from Monash University Library's Rare Books collection.
Collection Items
The little mermaid
Original manuscript translation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The little mermaid", from the German, by Miss. H.C. Sterling and illustrated by A. Maynard.
Includes fourteen illustrated leaves; hand drawn title page. Bound in gilt tooled limp green…
Includes fourteen illustrated leaves; hand drawn title page. Bound in gilt tooled limp green…
Manuscript ledger and journal of David Mack Jr
The ledger is primarily concerned with the business accounts of a Connecticut farmer, David Mack Jr. However, David Mack Jr also used the ledger as a diary with varying degrees of details. From January 1869, the ledger was repurposed as a diary for…
German popular stories: translated from the Kinder und Haus-Marchen. Illustration Proofs
Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer
Folio in fours printed largely on unmarked paper with occasional gatherings marked with a Bunch of grapes or with a simple countermark of initials or HG surmounted by a crown.
The nights of Straparola. Volume 1
First translated into English by W.G. Waters ; illustrated by E.R. Hughes.
The most delectable nights of Straparola of Caravaggio. Volume 1
Limited edition.
Translation of Le Tredicipiacevolissime notti de messer Giovanni Francesco Straparola.
Translation of Le Tredicipiacevolissime notti de messer Giovanni Francesco Straparola.
German popular stories : translated from the Kinder und Haus-Marchen. Volume 2
Collected by M.M. Grimm, from oral tradition.
German popular stories : translated from the Kinder und Haus-Marchen. Volume 1
Collected by M.M. Grimm, from oral tradition.
The history of the white cat : with a coloured engraving.
Based on: La chatte blanche / Madame d'Aulnoy.
Stories from the Pentamerone
by Giambattista Basile ; selected and edited by E.F. Strange ; illustrated by W. Goble.
Little Brother & Little Sister, and other tales
By the Brothers Grimm ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Red Riding Hood.
Title, series, and imprint statement transcribed from upper cover. Series transposed from head of cover.
Fairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Verses by Annie R. Rentoul ; stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie R. Rentoul.
Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
The most delectable nights of Straparola of Caravaggio. Volume 2
Preface bound at beginning at Vol.2.
The nights of Straparola. Volume 2
First translated into English by W.G. Waters ; illustrated by E.R. Hughes.
Some of Æsop's fables
With modern instances shewn in designs by Randolph Caldecott ; from new translations by Alfred Caldecott ; the engravings by J.D. Cooper.
The fables of La Fontaine ; translated from the French
With twenty-five original etchings by A. Delierre.
The spirit of the bush fire : and other Australian fairy tales
By J. M. Whitfeld ; with 32 illustrations by G. W. Lambert.
Perrault's popular tales,ed. from the original editions, with introduction, &c. By Andrew Lang ...
From the original editions, with introduction, &c. By Andrew Lang ...
The history of Jack the Giant-killer : and other stories, based on the tales in the "Blue fairy book"
![The history of Jack the Giant-killer : and other stories, based on the tales in the "Blue fairy book"](https://repository.monash.edu/files//square_thumbnails/75a33193fcf4254bc1433e73e0cc0084.jpg "The history of Jack the Giant-killer : and other stories, based on the tales in the "Blue fairy book"")
Part of the Lindsay Shaw Collection
Custom and myth
"First printed October 1884 ... reset for issue in 'Silver library' July 1893 ... reprinted February 1898."
The magician's gifts and other stories from the Crimson, Green, and Brown fairy books
The fairy book series
