The rose's breakfast : illustrated with elegant and appropriate engravings.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, at the original Juvenile Library, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1808 (H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars)
Description
32 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 12cm.

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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 3646 Eng 18 Browse related items Reading Room Request
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  • Princeton copy 4: The elephant's ball, and grand fete champetre
  • Princeton copy 3: The lobster's voyage to the Brazils
  • Princeton copy 2: The peacock "at home"
  • Princeton copy 2: The rose's breakfast
  • Princeton copy 2: The lion's masquerade
    Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 35478 Eng 18 / Harris Browse related items Reading Room Request
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    • Princeton copy 1
      Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 30144 Eng 18 / Harris Browse related items Reading Room Request
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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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        Summary note
        The flowers and shrubs, having heard of the Peacock at Home, Butterfly's Ball, Grasshopper's Feast, plan a “gala” of their own, organized by Mrs. Rose who issues invitations by sending out her fragrance because the flowers “want the organs of speech”; Mrs. Rose becomes “so fatigued” by “her dissipation” that she completely loses her bloom and comes out “no more this season.”
        Notes
        • Series printed at head of upper wrapper.
        • Printer from t.p. verso.
        • Illustrations: Captioned engraved front. showing Mrs. Rose (dated March 10, 1808) and seven other engravings of flower, depicting flowers or plants in an anthropomorphized manner that anticipates Walter Crane's work in titles such as Flora's Feast or Queen Summer); floral vignette on t.p.
        • Princeton copy 1: Hand-colored plates, with uncolored frontis. vignette.
        • Princeton copy 2: Uncolored ills.
        • Princeton copy 2: No. 6 of a vol. with 10 children's chapbooks.
        Binding note
        • Issued in both blue and buff pub. wrappers (cf. Moon).
        • Princeton copy 1: Pub. dark buff wrappers, pictorial upper with cover title penned in a calligraphic hand, presumably as issued, in a ruled space between series title and a vignette of two musical ladies.
        • Princeton copy 1: Inscribed at head with series no. (“No 16”) and price (“1/6”), presumably as issued.
        • Princeton copy 2: Lacks wrappers, apparently removed for rebinding.
        References
        • Moon, M. Harris (1992), 729
        • Osborne coll., p. 928
        Other title(s)
        Rose
        In
        • Princeton copy 2: [10 toy books by Harris and Darton].
        • Princeton copy 3: Poetic garland
        OCLC
        317593630
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