Accession number
PML 86554
Creator
Turner, Mrs. (Elizabeth), d. 1846.
Published
Philadelphia : Published by Jacob Johnson, no. 147, Market-Street, 1808.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Part I, nos. I-XVI, of an early American edition, attributed to Elizabeth Turner.
Misprinted; one forme printed upside down.
The sixteen full page engravings face the poems, but some of them are not opposite the text to which they belong. The reversed engravings are reprinted from the first English edition (John Harris, 1807) (Rosenbach)
The text of poem no. VIII, Miss Peggy, is engraved on one page facing the title page.
"(J. Adams. Printer)"--t.p.
Publisher's one page advertisement on last page.
Misprinted; one forme printed upside down.
The sixteen full page engravings face the poems, but some of them are not opposite the text to which they belong. The reversed engravings are reprinted from the first English edition (John Harris, 1807) (Rosenbach)
The text of poem no. VIII, Miss Peggy, is engraved on one page facing the title page.
"(J. Adams. Printer)"--t.p.
Publisher's one page advertisement on last page.
Description
[36] p. : ill. (engravings) ; 14 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's plain orange paper wrappers; housed in red marbeled paper case by Bennett, labeled: American Children's Books, with eight other works.
Classification
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