Accession number
PML 87930
Published
London : Printed for S. Crowder in Pater-Noster Row : and sold by B. Collins, at the Printing-Office, in Salisbury, and by most eminent booksellers, [ca. 1760].
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Opie "Three Centuries (18) describes this little book as" one of the three earliest known collections of nursery rhymes, and the first to have also (in 1768) been published in America.
First edition, containing the earliest printed versions of "Little Boy Blue" and "This pig went to market" along with seven other nursery rhymes for children.
Alte Welch's copy is now in UCLA collection.
First edition, containing the earliest printed versions of "Little Boy Blue" and "This pig went to market" along with seven other nursery rhymes for children.
Alte Welch's copy is now in UCLA collection.
Description
32 p. : 8 woodcut ill., title vignette, 8 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Orange and black marbled paper covers in an orange folding box with typed spine label.
Classification
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