The Beginning of the World: Twenty Five Pictures by Edward Burne-Jones

Multiple artists/makers

1902

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Title: The Beginning of the World: Twenty Five Pictures by Edward Burne-Jones
Author: Introduction by Georgiana Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1840–1920 London)
Illustrator: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1833–1898 Fulham)
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
Printer: Chiswick Press (British, London) by Charles Whittingham and Co.
Published in: London
Date: 1902
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 9 x 5/16 in. (30.8 x 22.9 x 0.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.657.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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