Accession number
PML 80811
Creator
John-the-Giant-Killer.
Published
Gainsb[o]rough [Lincolnshire] : Printed at Mozley's Lilliputian Book-Manufactory, 1791.
Credit line
Gift of Elisabeth Ball, 1965.
Notes
Also includes: "Conundrums" (p. [113]-116); "Rebusses" [i.e. word puzzles] (p. [117]-120); "Epitaphs" (p. 121-127).
At foot of t.p.: Price 6d.
Based on: Food for the mind / John-the-Giant-Killer (London : J. Newbery, ca. 1757).
Last leaf pastedown.
Misnumberings: p. 28 for 18, 37 for 35, 60 for 90.
Most of the illustrations are copies (with images reversed) of those in a 1778 Carnan & Newbery ed. of Food for the mind.
PML copy: wanting p. 15-16.
Running title: Food for the mind, or, A new riddle book.
At foot of t.p.: Price 6d.
Based on: Food for the mind / John-the-Giant-Killer (London : J. Newbery, ca. 1757).
Last leaf pastedown.
Misnumberings: p. 28 for 18, 37 for 35, 60 for 90.
Most of the illustrations are copies (with images reversed) of those in a 1778 Carnan & Newbery ed. of Food for the mind.
PML copy: wanting p. 15-16.
Running title: Food for the mind, or, A new riddle book.
Description
viii, 9-127, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 11 cm
Binding
Dutch floral boards; in floral print folder.
Classification
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