Little polite tales, fables, riddles, stories, letters, epitaphs &c. : in easy prose and verse, with other lessons of morality equally instructive & entertaining for little masters and misses.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London: Printed & sold by R. Baldwin junr., at the Rose in Paternoster Row, and by ye booksellers in town and country, MDCCLI [1751]
Description
128 pages, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings, woodcuts) ; 11 cm

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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 154155 Eng 18 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    A miscellany of fables, riddles, short stories, short poems, epitaphs, and precepts.
    Notes
    • "Adorned with sculptures" --After title, between 2 horizontal rules.
    • A different setting of type, with different woodcut head- and tailpieces than another Baldwin edition, subtitled "A pretty present as a Christmas Box or New Years gift."
    • Engraved frontispiece and title page, both printed in red.
    • "Printed according to Act of Parliament" --At head of frontispiece.
    • Title page epigram: "Example draws where precept fails. / And sermons are less read than tales / Mat. Prior."
    • Illustrations: Engraved title page and frontispiece (depicting a Peaceable Kingdom scene), woodcut vignettes at the the head of fables and tales, and decorative woodcut headpiece at the head of riddles.
    • Signatures: A-H⁸.
    Binding note
    • Publisher's embossed Dutch floral paper boards.
    • Cotsen copy: Within later red morocco slipcase.
    OCLC
    900479045
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