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The Life and adventures of a fly : supposed to have been written by himself : illustrated with cuts.

Accession number
PML 82151
Published
London : Printed for E. Newbery ... , [not before 1787].
Credit line
Gift of Elisabeth Ball, 1965.
Notes
Preface signed: S.J.; frequently attributed to Stephen Jones.
"To those young ladies and gentlemen who are good, and merit praise; and also to those who, by a contrary conduct, prove there is room for reformation in them, this book ... is most humbly dedicated ..." -- p. [9].
At foot of t.p.: [Price 6d.].
Date from Roscoe.
Pagination includes frontispiece.
Frontispiece signed: Bwk; cuts in text are also attributed to John Bewick.
"Books printed for E. Newbery ..." -- p. [1]-[7] at end.
Description
121, [7] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 12 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Ms. inscription on front pastedown is dated: 179-.
Provenance
Frances Laetitia Earle; Elisabeth Ball.
Binding
Publisher's Dutch floral boards.
Classification
Department