Grotesque Animals

Author Written and illustrated by Edward William Cooke British

Publisher Longmans, Green and Co. British, London

Printer Spottiswoode & Co. British

1872

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Title: Grotesque Animals
Author: Written and illustrated by Edward William Cooke (British, London 1811–1880 Groombridge, Sussex)
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
Printer: Spottiswoode & Co. (London)
Date: 1872
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 10 1/16 x 11/16 in. (32 x 25.5 x 1.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.579
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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