When Debie came down last weekend, she brought down her beautiful books, that were illustrated by Jean Baptiste Monge. (Top Picture). Now both Debie and I Love books with beautiful illustrations.
I was telling her about mine and Mick's Nursery Rhyme Books.Now Mick has a Blue Cover on his and mine has a Pink Cover. Mine was called Dean's Gift Book Of Nursery Rhymes and we think Mick's was either this one, called Dean's New Gift Book Of Nursery Rhymes or Dean's Gift Book of Pussy And Puppy Nursery Rhymes. We still have them, but they are buried somewhere in a box!.
I remember the illustrations in mine vividly, and was trying to explain what they looked like to Debie.
Well a few days ago, I started a search on the Internet, to see if I could find them.
There has been a reprint done, to include all the books in one hardback edition and is called Dean's Mother Goose Book Of Rhymes, which I found on Amazon.
I found out that the book was printed by Dean & Son Ltd, London, but the illustrations were done by twin Sisters Janet & Anne Graham Johnstone. I bet a lot of these Rhymes, people don't know any more.
As luck would have it, I spotted the one with the blue cover on EBAY, bid on it and won. Well it came this morning 
and I thought I'd share a few of the beautiful illustrations. I Love the Gossips of the Village an
d The Old Woman who lived under the hill. I could just imagine these in miniature...The one I have, has totally different Nursery Rhymes in it like, T
here was a Crooked Man and Hark, Hark, The Dogs do Bark.Hopeful
ly, when I eventually get round to sorting all our stuff out, I'll come across our original ones..
Beautiful illustrations, Deb. How nice that both you and Mick saved your originals! Many of the charcters would make great mini's.
ReplyDeleteThese pages are full of such characters!! These could keep a miniaturist busy for years!
ReplyDeleteI've seen these pics too, trying to remember if they're books I had when I was young. They are amazing illustrations, aren't they? Beautiful detail.
ReplyDeleteLove those pages-- such beautiful illustrations. I wish that I still had my childhood books! I especially loved the nursery rhymes.
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Jill
Geeesh more visual stimuli LOL. A few of these have got my creative noggin churning LOL. Lovely pics Debs.
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Debie xxxxxx
Que bellas imagenes, son unas ilustraciones preciosas!!!
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My kind of book, how beautiful. I have books on old rhymes and stories and even as an adult I love them. I love the little hats in the illustrations will inspire me in my hat making. Thank you for sharing the images :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Illustrations Debbie! Thank you for sharing them. I love old nursery rhymes and the illustrations that go with them!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautifeul book,thank you for sharing and the link ! Jeannette
ReplyDeleteDebbie.... wunderschöne Bilder.
ReplyDeleteIch liebe Kinderbücher dieser Art.
Liebe Grüße PuNo/monika
What a fabulous trip down memory lane - I'm sure I had the same book! I'm trying to collect copies of my favourite childhood books too x
ReplyDeleteSuch gorgeous illustrations!!! I love the first two best I think. Can't you just hear those gossips blathering away! LOL
ReplyDeleteOh I love these pages. I remember them well. Especially the one about the house that Jack built. Are there more of those pages. Would you mind if I made a miniature book of them? I will make one for you as well if it would be okay.
ReplyDeleteDebbie! This book is Beautiful! I love all the images!! It looks so familiar.....One day could you show us the front of it? I love these kind of books, too! And find myself looking through the kids books at the 2nd hand store, not for the kids, but for me! Terrible! LOL! Oneday I'll have to do a post on my favorites:)
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Hugs!
Katie
You had the same book as me, the Dean's Book of Nursery rhymes. Seems to be quite rare. Unearth it from your boxes. You will find as you flick through the pages that time travel is possible.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the few books I have from when I was a child, and I have just done my own version, due to be published in September.
I too have the same book as you Debbie, mine is in NZ where i had it as a child. I took it from home and with moving house it sits in a box. I have to unearth it. I didn't realise there was another book too. Mine has a boring white cover, probably the paper cover had come off. I spent many hours as a small child imagining being in the worlds created by the illustrations. It was lovely to see there was more. I googled it as I am thinking of getting one of my favourite illustrations as a tattoo! These books should be heirlooms. Regards Joanne
ReplyDelete....oh didn't you just want the sweets in the candy shop to become real so you could eat them? Now which rhyme was that? A chubby boy was out the front.
ReplyDeleteI saw the picture of the goblin on Tumblr and it had that cosy, magical mood that I love. It didn´t credit the artist though, and I really wanted to put it on my Tumblr. It wasn´t until I saw it on your blog that I found the correct artist, so a big thanks for that.
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