Prettiest book for children : being the history of the enchanted castle : situated in one of the Fortunate Isles, and governed by the giant Instruction / written for the entertainment of little masters and misses by don Stephano Bunyano, Under Secretary to the aforesaid giant.
Accession number:
PML 81600
Published:
London : Printed for E. Newbery ... , [not after 1799].
Description:
122, [6] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 11 cm
Notes:
"... such as my little performance is, here it comes ... wishing ... that it may be the happy means of making you good children ..." -- pref.
At foot of t.p.: [Price six-pence.].
Book list of 71 items printed for E. Newbery on p. [1]-[6] at end.
Pagination includes frontispiece.
PML copy: frontispiece wanting.
Text appears to be from the same setting of type as ca. 1790 Newbery ed. (PML 80640), except for some changes in typographic ornament; illustrations are printed from the same blocks.
Binding:
Dutch floral boards.
Variant Title:
History of the enchanted castle
Inscriptions/Markings:
Ms. inscription on t.p. is dated: 1799.
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