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Berquin's Child's own story book.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791
Other Authors: Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875 (Illustrator), Ellis, George B. (Engraver)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Published by Johnson & Co., [between 1840 and 1849?]
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 25163.
Subjects:
Children's stories, French.
Juvenile literature > 1840.
Plays > 1840.
Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:Reissue, under cancel title page, of: The children's friend. Translated from the French of M. Berquin. Volume III. Newburyport: John Mycall for William P. Blake, [1793?] (Evans 25163; Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 71.3); Vol. IV. Boston: Thomas Hall for William P. Blake, 1795 (not in Evans; Welch 71.7).
Date of reissue suggested by typography of title page and style of binding. The printer of the intaglio frontispiece plate was active in Philadelphia from 1833 to 1844.
Errors in paging: page 233, first count, misnumbered 235; pages 97, 205, 305, 2nd count, misnumbered 95, 105, 285.
In purple cloth: covers ornamented in blind; title stamped in gilt on spine.
Frontispiece plate signed: Canvassing. Painted by R.W. Buss. Engraved by Geo. B. Ellis. Printed by D. Stevens.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:274 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 6-340 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm.
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport.