The violet fairy book
The Violet Fairy Book, a 1906 London and New York collection of fairy tales edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford, aimed at young readers. Its pictures are black-and-white line illustrations with decorative borders, some framing scenes in tangled branches and others full-page dramatic tableaux of figures in woodland; a designer could take their dense linework, ornamental frames and lettered captions as models for storybook decoration.
