Accession number
PML 75172
Creator
Peacock, Lucy.
Published
London : Printed for the author by T. Bensley; and sold by J. Buckland ...; J. Pridden ...; and by the author at A. Perfetia's ..., 1785.
Credit line
Purchased on the Ball Fund; 1977.
Notes
"A perusal of Spencer's Fairy Queen...first suggested to her mind the idea of personifying them in a more familiar language...as might give an early impression of virtue to young minds:" p. vii-viii.
End of text has been signed by the author.
Imperfect: pi1 wanting.
List of subscribers on p. ix-xxiv.
Ms. inscription on the front free endpaper is dated 1849.
Signatures: pi⁴, b-f², chi², A-Q⁴, R².
The dedication is signed: Lucy Peacock. Lambeth, June, 1785.
End of text has been signed by the author.
Imperfect: pi1 wanting.
List of subscribers on p. ix-xxiv.
Ms. inscription on the front free endpaper is dated 1849.
Signatures: pi⁴, b-f², chi², A-Q⁴, R².
The dedication is signed: Lucy Peacock. Lambeth, June, 1785.
Description
xxxi, [1], 131, [1] p. ; 25 cm (4to with turned chainlines).
Binding
19th-century half polished calf.
Classification
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Department