Accession number
PML 88015.13
Published
York : J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [ca. 1820]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
One of 39 chapbooks bound in 3 volumes (PML 88014-16) with spine title: York chapbooks. 1/2 brown calf; marbled covers and end-papers; original chapbook wrappers bound in; the 3 volumes housed in paper slip case.
Cover title.
Wrappers included in pagination.
"A very small book, / At a very small charge, / To learn them to read / Before they grow large"--Front wrapper, beneath illustration.
First sentence: "As little Jenny Wren Was sitting by her shed, She waggled with her tail, And nodded with her head."
Includes 16 wood engravings.
Imprint also at foot of p. 16.
Story in verse form.
Cover title.
Wrappers included in pagination.
"A very small book, / At a very small charge, / To learn them to read / Before they grow large"--Front wrapper, beneath illustration.
First sentence: "As little Jenny Wren Was sitting by her shed, She waggled with her tail, And nodded with her head."
Includes 16 wood engravings.
Imprint also at foot of p. 16.
Story in verse form.
Description
16 p. : ill. (wood engraving) ; 10 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Original buff or faded yellow pictorial wrappers.
Classification
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