Accession number
PML 80896
Creator
John-the-Giant-Killer.
Published
Gainsborough [Lincolnshire] : Printed by and for H. Mozley, 1814.
Credit line
Gift; Elisabeth Ball, 1965.
Notes
Based on: Food for the mind / John-the-Giant-Killer (London : J. Newbery, ca. 1757); this version published earlier as: A new riddle book / by John the Giant-Killer (Gainsborough : Mozley, 1791).
At foot of t.p.: Price sixpence.
Cover has imprint: Derby [Derbyshire] : Printed by and for H. Mozley, Brook Street.
Illustrations printed from blocks used for 1791 Mozley ed.
Also includes: "Conundrums" (p. [113]-116); "Rebusses" [i.e. word puzzles] (p. [117]-120); "Epitaphs" (p. 121-127).
At foot of t.p.: Price sixpence.
Cover has imprint: Derby [Derbyshire] : Printed by and for H. Mozley, Brook Street.
Illustrations printed from blocks used for 1791 Mozley ed.
Also includes: "Conundrums" (p. [113]-116); "Rebusses" [i.e. word puzzles] (p. [117]-120); "Epitaphs" (p. 121-127).
Description
127, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 11 cm.
Provenance
From the C.T. Owen and Elisabeth Ball collections.
Binding
Green morocco, gilt; publisher's buff printed wrappers bound in.
Classification
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