Accession number
PML 81633
Published
London : J. Harris and son ... , 1824.
Notes
"The following little Poem is principally a versification of a prose composition, which appeared in the London Magazine, for January 1823." -- pref.; in London Magazine, signed "Elia's ghost" [Charles Lamb; cf. Halkett & Laing]; cf. Moon.
"The illustrative Notes are chiefly taken from 'Clavis Calendaria,' by Brady ..." -- pref.
On t.p. verso and p. 24: ... printed by S. & R. Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Illustrations are hand-colored.
On p. [1] at end, a book list of 52 items, "Harris's cabinet of amusement and instruction," of which this title is no. 50.
With roundel on lower wrapper: Harris's cabinet of amusement and instruction.
"The illustrative Notes are chiefly taken from 'Clavis Calendaria,' by Brady ..." -- pref.
On t.p. verso and p. 24: ... printed by S. & R. Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Illustrations are hand-colored.
On p. [1] at end, a book list of 52 items, "Harris's cabinet of amusement and instruction," of which this title is no. 50.
With roundel on lower wrapper: Harris's cabinet of amusement and instruction.
Description
24, [2] p. (last p. blank), [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. (wood engravings) ; 18 cm.
Summary
A poem describing a banquet attended by personified festivals.
Binding
Publisher's stiff pink pictorial wrappers.
Classification
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