Item
A Little Pretty Pocket-Book
- Title
- en_US A Little Pretty Pocket-Book
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Isaiah Thomas
- Creator
- en_US No Author See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:14:16Z
- en_US 1995-10
- en_US 1944
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:14:16Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1787
- Abstract
- en_US Formerly in the Lenox Library, NY. See my comments on the source from which Thomas took his inspiration, Newbury's edition of 1744/67/1966/67. This book is clearly modeled on--but not a facsimile of--Newbury's work, as the frontispiece already demonstrates. Again, there are simple woodcuts throughout; the introduction points out that Bewick will soon revolutionize book illustration. The pages move through Great A to Little a and so on. At Great X (66) we get four fables: The Wolf and the Kid, The Husbandman and the Stork, BW, and Mercury and the Woodman (with only 2 hatchets involved). After each there is a nice little letter of application from Jack the Giant Killer. Good proverbs on 90-93.
- Identifier
- en_US 2163 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US F.G. Melcher
- en_US New York
- Subject
- en_US PE1119.A1 L57 1944 See all items with this value
- en_US Collection See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books