Accession number
PML 83836
Published
Banbury: : J.G. Rusher., [ca. 1840?]
Credit line
Gift; Julia P. Wightman; 1991.
Notes
For remarks on dating, etc. see Brown University collection record under title "Chapbooks published by J.G. Rusher of Banbury, England". Osborne Coll. suggests ca. 1820, British Museum "1820?". RPB
Of the nine wood engravings six, square in a frame, are specific to the story of the ballad; these and the engraving on the back cover are included in Pearson. The whole outer forme is reproduced as fig. 14 in F.J. Harvey Darton, Children's books in England (3rd ed., 1982).
Of the nine wood engravings six, square in a frame, are specific to the story of the ballad; these and the engraving on the back cover are included in Pearson. The whole outer forme is reproduced as fig. 14 in F.J. Harvey Darton, Children's books in England (3rd ed., 1982).
Description
15, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 10 cm.
Provenance
From the collection of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Unbound, in green case with other Banbury chapbooks.
Classification
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