The University of Florida is home to the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature.You can find over seven thousand titles digitised here:
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/collections/juv
The plate accompanying this article is of a king and a maiden on horseback, from an 1872 UK edition of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
See more here – https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00026595/00001/images/5
Using the search box will afford you many hours of pleasure as you discover writing and illustrations from the disturbing to the lyrical and heart warming.
“… strengths and distinctions of the Baldwin Library include: alphabet books, marginalia and inscriptions, nonfiction from the 20th century, Little Golden Books, religious tracts, and illustrated editions from the Golden Age of Children’s Literature.
Scholars worldwide use the Baldwin Library for research in morality tales and religious tracts, conduct of life, gender roles, comparative editions, and toy and movable books.”
Source: The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature.
See more here…https://ufdc.ufl.edu/collections/juv
A treasure trove on-line indeed. We recommend this collection.
