Tommy Thumb's pretty song book. Voll, II. - Cooper, Mary, -1761; Collings, Edward J., active 19th century ([London] : Sold by M. Cooper, according to Act of Parliament, 1744)
Date from "Nurse Lovechild's Legacy" (Immel & Alderson).
Title page imprint reads: "Voll, II."
Illustrations: Engraved frontispieces (on both recto and verso of first leaf) in black and red, with engraved vignettes throughout in red or black; text on each page (punched into the plates) is printed in same color as illustrations.
Illustrated publisher's advertisement for "The Child's New Plaything" on p. 64, signed below "N. Lovechild" and priced at one shilling.
Inscribed on frontispiece recto: "Rachel Gyles," and on front free endpaper verso: "Rachel," with an inscribed "R" with additional (illegible) writing above, all apparently by a child reader.
Inscribed in pencil on blank endpaper facing frontispiece: "E. J. Collings" (possibly Edward J. Collings).
Keywords: Lovechild -- (Nurse); Children's poetry -- 18th century; Children's songs -- 18th century; Nursery rhymes; Publishers' advertisements; Inscriptions