Accession number
PML 83046
Published
London : Printed for, and sold by W. Kent, at his Brush, Toy, and Turnery Warehouse, Major Foubert's Passage, Swallow Street, [ca. 1790?].
Notes
"Adorned with cuts".
At foot of t.p.: Price Six Pence.
Originally published by Francis Newbery ca. 1773; this edition lacks two tales (Miranda and the royal ram; Finetta, or, The cinder girl) found in the Newbery eds.
PML copy: wanting p. 145-146.
Tales 1-4 and 6 are based on contes by Madame d'Aulnoy; tales 7-10 are based on: Les chevaliers errans / Madame d'Auneuil; tale 5 (The story of little George) is an allegory attributable to neither writer.
At foot of t.p.: Price Six Pence.
Originally published by Francis Newbery ca. 1773; this edition lacks two tales (Miranda and the royal ram; Finetta, or, The cinder girl) found in the Newbery eds.
PML copy: wanting p. 145-146.
Tales 1-4 and 6 are based on contes by Madame d'Aulnoy; tales 7-10 are based on: Les chevaliers errans / Madame d'Auneuil; tale 5 (The story of little George) is an allegory attributable to neither writer.
Description
[4], [9]-157, [1] p. (last p. blank) : ill. (wood engravings) ; 11 cm
Binding
Aqua morocco, gilt.
Classification
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