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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 4124057, member: 33&quot;]A few years ago the American Antiquarian Society published a book titled <i>Radiant with Color &amp; Art: McLoughlin Brothers and the Business of Picture Books, 1858-1920. </i>I have a copy of the book, which includes a lot of their history and some illustrations from an exhibition of some of their publications. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Mother Goose with illustrations &quot;after Kate Greenaway&quot; is not mentioned in this book, which could only touch on some of their thousands of titles. However, they do mention that &quot;the McLoughlin brothers regularly issued editions of <i>Mother Goose</i> during all of the years they were publishing.&quot; These were illustrated in a variety of ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also learned that McLoughlin frequently reissued their titles over and over, but even the ones with the same basic illustrations often varied in title pages, covers, and even the colors used in printing. So your book may possibly be a variant McLoughlin brothers book. It could also be a knock-off or pirated variant, as BaseballGames mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The American Antiquarian Society does answer reference queries received by email. You might consider asking them if they can help or give any information related to yours. They may not be able to, but maybe they know of some other resources. Contact info is on the right side of this page:</p><p><a href="https://www.americanantiquarian.org/about" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.americanantiquarian.org/about" rel="nofollow">https://www.americanantiquarian.org/about</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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