Accession number
PML 87407
Published
Wellington : Printed by F. Houlston and Son ; [182-?]
Credit line
Bequest; Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
"Price Two-Pence."
Publisher's advertisements on [1] p. at end. First and last leaves are pastedowns affixed to wrappers.
Sources vary on dating; probable date range of 1807-1840 for Houlston publications given in Osborne Coll. (p. 479), which also notes that imprints with "65 Paternoster Row, London" began appearing in 1828.
Library's copy has wood engraved illustrations colored by hand.
Publisher's advertisements on [1] p. at end. First and last leaves are pastedowns affixed to wrappers.
Sources vary on dating; probable date range of 1807-1840 for Houlston publications given in Osborne Coll. (p. 479), which also notes that imprints with "65 Paternoster Row, London" began appearing in 1828.
Library's copy has wood engraved illustrations colored by hand.
Description
30, [1] p. : ill. (wood engraving) ; 11 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's pictorial gray wrappers, with hand colored cut of "A King" on upper wrapper and "Bonaparte" on lower wrapper.
Classification
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