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. - Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770 (London: Printed & sold by R. Baldwin jun. at the Rose in Paternoster Row, and by ye booksellers in town and country, 1751)
A miscellany of fables, riddles, short stories, short poems, epitaphs, and precepts.
"A pretty present as a Christmas Box or New Years gift" --After title, between 2 horizontal rules.
A different setting of type, with differing woodcut head- and tailpieces, than Baldwin's 1751 ed.
Tentatively dating from the 1751 publication date of another Cotsen ed. and terminal date suggested by C.Y. Ferdinand ("Richard Johnson Junior, Bookseller," in Studies in Bibliography, no. 89, p. 259).
Engraved frontispiece and title page, both printed in red and black.
"Price six pence" -- At foot of title page.
"Printed according to Act of Parliament" --At head of frontispiece.
Keywords: Children's stories -- Early works to 1800.; Children's poetry -- Early works to 1800.; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction -- Early works to 1800.; Fiction; Inscriptions; Markings; Dutch gilt paper bindings