Accession number
PML 86119-23
Creator
Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849.
Published
London : Printed for J. Johnson ... by G. Woodfall ..., 1801.
Notes
1st ed.
Preface by R.L. Edgeworth (her father) summarizes each story.
Printers in imprints of other volumes: H. Bryer (v. 2 and v. 5) and T. Bensley (v. 3).
Illustrated with frontispieces engraved by Neagle (total of 5 plates); subject in v. 4 is a boy reading by candlelight.
Issued without half-titles in v. 3-4 (see Slade).
Pagination: v. 1: xi, [1], 238 p.; v. 2: [4], 197, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 192 p.; v. 4: [2], 190 p.; v. 5: [4], 190 p.
Preface by R.L. Edgeworth (her father) summarizes each story.
Printers in imprints of other volumes: H. Bryer (v. 2 and v. 5) and T. Bensley (v. 3).
Illustrated with frontispieces engraved by Neagle (total of 5 plates); subject in v. 4 is a boy reading by candlelight.
Issued without half-titles in v. 3-4 (see Slade).
Pagination: v. 1: xi, [1], 238 p.; v. 2: [4], 197, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 192 p.; v. 4: [2], 190 p.; v. 5: [4], 190 p.
Description
5 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 18 cm
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir George Head (armorial bookplate).
Binding
Contemporary 3/4 speckled calf, gold-tooled spine with black morocco spine labels, marbled boards.
Classification
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