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

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)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77722

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US F.G. Melcher

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PE1119.A1 L57 1944

en_US Collection

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole