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Cobwebs to catch flies, or, Dialogues in short sentences : adapted to children from the age of three to eight years : in two volumes ...

Accession number
PML 80111
Creator
Lovechild, Mrs., 1743-1813.
Published
London : Printed and sold by John Marshall, No. 4, Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, Cheapside, [between 1783 and 1787]
Credit line
Gift; Elisabeth Ball, 1965.
Notes
Advertisement for toys to teach reading on p. [1] at end of vol. 2.
Attributed to Lady Fenn. Cf. Osborne catalog, p. 117.
Dated from publisher's address.
Frontispiece signed: N. C. Goodnight sculp.
Ms. inscriptions on title dated 1800 and 1810.
PML copy: vol. 2 only.
Description
2 v. : ill. (engraving, woodcuts) ; 15 cm
Provenance
"Laura Charlotte Curteis, June 12th 1800"; Elizabeth Julia Curteis, Sept. 1818" (inscriptions, t.p.) Howard Warburton Elphinst[one?] (inner front board); from the C.T. Owen and Elisabeth Ball collections.
Binding
Publisher's marbled boards and sheep backstrip; in folder.
Classification
Department