The Marlborough Struwwelpeter play Zardozi is the traditional art

Zardozi is the traditional art of court embroidery and this book traces the history of this ancient craft

libris John Baskett

The people in the cheaper seats

Sides generally a touch rubbed as ends of spines

12mo (14 x 9 cms)

The Marlborough Struwwelpeter play Zardozi is the traditional artIllustrated by the Author London: Printed and published at the "Times" office, Marlborough, c 1908. Original pictorial boards with red linen spine, boards slightly grubby. 24 pages of coloured illustrations by the author accompanied by his text. Date of publication suggested by the Bodleian Library. A parody of H. Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter, written and illustrated by A. de C. Williams. It follows the life and tribulations of a Marlborough College