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Hymns for the amusement of children : embellished with cuts.

Accession number
PML 82512
Creator
Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771.
Published
London : Printed for T. Carnan ... , 1771.
Credit line
Purchase; Julia P. Wightman; 1977.
Notes
Engraved title.
Published anonymously by Christopher Smart.
Leaves of plates (frontis. & t.p.) not included in pagination statement above.
Engraved frontispiece is signed: W. Walker sct.; it is a portrait of Prince Frederick, Bishop of Osnabrück facing right.
Running title: Hymns for children.
Dedication to Prince Frederick is signed "The Author."
Publisher's advertisement at end, p. [84] for The adventures of Telemachus; Ten dialogues, on the conduct of human life ... to which is added, Zara, a moral tale; and The Polite Lady: or, a course of female educaton, in a series of letters from a mother to her daughter.
Description
[2], ii, 83, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings, wood engravings) ; 12 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Edgar S. Oppenheimer; insc. on front flyleaf: Eliza Cooper the gift of S.A. Willby.
Binding
Dutch floral boards; in folder.
Classification
Department