LEADER 03534cam a2200553 i 4500001 9961189703506421 005 20240913093554.0 008 100506q17511754enka j 000 1 eng d 035 (NjP)6118970-princetondb 035 (OCoLC)ocn900479045 035 |z(NjP)Voyager6118970 035 |z(NjP)Voyager6118970 040 NjP |beng |erda |cNjP |dNjP 245 10 Little polite tales, fables, riddles, stories, letters, epitaphs &c. : |bin easy prose and verse, with other lessons of morality equally instructive & entertaining for little masters and misses. 246 30 Pretty present as a Christmas Box or New Years gift 264 1 London: |bPrinted & sold by R. Baldwin jun. at the Rose in Paternoster Row, and by ye booksellers in town and country, |c[between 1751 and 1754?] 300 128 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : |billustrations (engravings, woodcuts) ; |c10 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 500 "A pretty present as a Christmas Box or New Years gift" --After title, between 2 horizontal rules. 500 A different setting of type, with differing woodcut head- and tailpieces, than Baldwin's 1751 ed. 500 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). 500 Engraved frontispiece and title page, both printed in red and black. 500 "Price six pence" -- At foot of title page. 500 "Printed according to Act of Parliament" --At head of frontispiece. 500 Title page epigram: "Example draws where precept fails. / And sermons are less read than tales / Mat. Prior." 500 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. 500 Signatures: A-H⁸ (this copy lacking (H2-H7). 500 |3Cotsen copy:Lacking pages 115-126 (H2-H7), with page numbers apparently clipped on pages 114 and 127. |5NjP 500 |3Cotsen copy:Inscribed on front pastedown: "Sarah Snee"; also inscribed in pencil on the facing page: "Elizabeth Bray..." [?]. |5NjP 500 |3Cotsen copy:Pen trials on front pastedown and facing free endpaper and on rear pastedown. |5NjP 520 A miscellany of fables, riddles, short stories, short poems, epitaphs, and precepts. 563 Publisher's embossed Dutch floral paper boards. 650 0 Children's stories |vEarly works to 1800. 650 0 Children's poetry |vEarly works to 1800. 650 0 Conduct of life |vJuvenile fiction |vEarly works to 1800. 655 0 Miscellanies |vEarly works to 1800. 655 7 Fiction. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 655 7 Dutch gilt paper bindings |2rbmscv 655 7 Inscriptions |5NjP |2rbmscv 655 7 Markings |y18th century. |2rbprov |5NjP 700 1 Baldwin, Richard, |d1724-1770, |ebookseller. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91022128 720 1 Snee, Sarah 720 1 Bray, Elizabeth 856 42 |3Commentary |uhttps://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2014/12/a-christmas-box-or-a-small-christmas-mystery/ 902 jba |bo |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20141202 904 twm |bo |hn |cb |e20100506 914 (OCoLC)ocn900479045 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20221117 |eprocessed |f900479045