The Birth-Day Gift or the Joy of a New Doll, from papers cut by a lady.

Author
Upton, Elizabeth, Baroness Templetown [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London. Printed as the Act Directs Jan. 1796 by Tomkins, New Bond Street [ 1796].
Description
8 leaves of engr. pls. (soft-ground etching and aquatint) 21.4 x 26.2 cm.

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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 20329 Eng 18Q Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Engr
    Notes
    • At head of title: To her Royal Highness, the Princess Amelia, this book representing..." (that is, Amelia Elizabeth Caroline, wife of George IV, then Prince of Wales. Their daughter, Charlotte Augusta, was born in 1796).
    • Printed on heavy white plate paper.
    • defect to head of spine, something applied to spine in attempt at restoration
    • White Cotsen family bookplate annotated by Lloyd E. Cotsen " Gift to Jo Anne--birthday June 1978."
    Binding note
    Modern blue French levant morocco, Jansenist, by Taffin with mbld endpapers.
    OCLC
    177782140
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