xxi, 288 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
General Note
Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press [colophon].
Each colour plate is accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive text.
Contents
List of illustrations -- List of colour plates -- The Marsh King’s daughter -- Tommelise -- The Snow Queen. Part the first. Which treats of the mirror and its fragments. Part the second. A little boy and a little girl. Part the third. The enchanted flower-garden
Part the fourth. The prince and the princess. Part the fifth. The little robber-maiden
Part the sixth. The Lapland woman and the Finland woman. Part the seventh. Which treats of the Snow Queen’s palace, and what came to pass therein -- Elfinn-Mount -- The little mermaid -- The storks -- The nightingale -- The swans -- The real princess -- The red shoes -- The Emperor’s new cloths -- The swineheard -- The flying trunk -- The leaping match -- The shepherdess and the chimney-sweeper -- The ugly duckling -- The naughty boy