Accession number
PML 88016.8
Creator
Lovechild, Mrs., 1743-1813.
Published
York : Printed by 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.
Lady Eleanor Fenn used the pseudonym Mrs. Lovechild.
Title and imprint on front wrapper in border of leaves.
Booklist on back wrapper: Penny books ... [includes Mrs. Lovechild's golden present]; 21 titles, ending with Robinson Crusoe.
Imprint also at foot of p. 31.
Includes 31 wood-engravings.
Frontispiece above verse which begins: "My little children, pray attend, / The admonitions of a friend ..."
Dated from booklist items listed in Opie, I. & P. Three centuries of nursery rhymes.
First and last leaves pasted down.
The letters "J" and "U" are missing from the alphabet.
Beginning of first sentence: "Mrs. Lovechild's compliments wait upon all her little friends and acquaintances ..."
Lady Eleanor Fenn used the pseudonym Mrs. Lovechild.
Title and imprint on front wrapper in border of leaves.
Booklist on back wrapper: Penny books ... [includes Mrs. Lovechild's golden present]; 21 titles, ending with Robinson Crusoe.
Imprint also at foot of p. 31.
Includes 31 wood-engravings.
Frontispiece above verse which begins: "My little children, pray attend, / The admonitions of a friend ..."
Dated from booklist items listed in Opie, I. & P. Three centuries of nursery rhymes.
First and last leaves pasted down.
The letters "J" and "U" are missing from the alphabet.
Beginning of first sentence: "Mrs. Lovechild's compliments wait upon all her little friends and acquaintances ..."
Description
31, [1] p. : ill. (wood-engraving) ; 10 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Yellow printed wrappers.
Classification
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Department