The Marquis of Carabas' picture book : containing Puss in Boots, Old Mother Hubbard, Valentine and Orson, The absurd ABC
The Marquis of Carabas' picture book is an 1874 London and New York nursery anthology published by George Routledge and Sons for children, gathering Puss in Boots, Old Mother Hubbard, Valentine and Orson and Walter Crane's Absurd ABC. The first picture shows a crowned bearded king and a court lady in a green gown on a sunny meadow, with a white horse at left, while the ABC panel pairs large capital letters with a black ground, boxed scenes, and rhymed verses, giving designers a clear model for combining display type with narrative vignettes.
