Poetic garland.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London : John Harris, 1807-1809]
Description
4 v. : ill. ; 13 cm.

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  • Princeton copy 2: Comic adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog.
  • Princeton copy 2: A sequel to the comic adventures of old Mother Hubbard, and her dog.
  • Princeton copy 2: A continuation of The adventures of Old Dame Trot and her comical cat.
  • Princeton copy 2: Whimsical incidents, or, The power of music.
  • Princeton copy 1: The feast of the fishes.
  • Princeton copy 3: The rose's breakfast.
  • Princeton copy 3: The council of dogs.
  • Princeton copy 2: The happy courtship, merry marriage, and pic nic dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren.
  • Princeton copy 2: Cinderella, or, the little glass-slipper.

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    Notes
    • Spine title.
    • Date from Moon.
    • Original imprint dates of the individual titles in Princeton copy range from 1805 to 1808.
    • Advertised in Harris's 1810 catalogue as 4 vols., comprising 33 separately-pub. works, "inclosed in an elegant case, £1.11.6. Coloured £2.6.0" (cf. Moon).
    • Princeton copy: Vols. 1 and 4 only.
    • Princeton copy: Contains different titles than those itemized by Moon for vols. 1 & 4.
    • Princeton copy: Volume 1 contains loose leaves belonging to other Harris titles: 3 leaves from The Elephant's ball (page 9-10, plate facing page 7, plate facing page 8), 1 leaf from The Peacock "at home" (plate facing page 11), 1 leaf from The Butterfly's ball and the grasshopper's feast (plate facing page 6).
    • Composite resource comprising 2 titles.
    Binding note
    Publisher's gilt-stamped, red quarter roan over blue paper-covered bds; apparently bound without the paper wrappers in which each title was first issued separately.
    Contents
    • Volume 1: Comic adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog
    • Continuation of the comic adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog
    • Sequel to the comic adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog
    • Continuation of The adventures of Old Dame Trot and her comical cat
    • Whimsical incidents, or, The power of music, a poetic tale
    • Feast of the fishes, or, The whale's invitation to his brethren of the deep
    • Grand-mamma, or, The christning "not at home".
    • Volume 4: The rose's breakfast, illustrated with elegant and appropriate engravings
    • Council of dogs
    • Happy courtship, merry marriage, and pic nic dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. To which is added, Alas! the doleful death of the bridegroom
    • Tragi-comic history of the burial of Cock Robin...
    • Original poems; calculated to improve the mind of youth, and allure it to virtue. Part I
    • Original poems; calculated to improve the mind of youth, and allure it to virtue. Part 2
    • Cinderella, or, The little glass-slipper.
    Provenance
    Princeton copy: Formerly owned by Marjorie Moon (pt. 1 only?).
    References
    Moon, M. Harris (1992), 666
    Other title(s)
    • Multi-title collection including Poetic garland and 2 other(s).
    • Old Mother Hubbard
    OCLC
    76954360
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