Research Catalog

Title

Fables, ancient and modern. Adapted for the use of children. By Edward Baldwin, Esq. ...

Author

Godwin, William, 1756-1836.

Publication

London: Printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Hanway Street, Opposite Soho Square), Oxford Street; and to be had of all booksellers [1807].

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Additional Authors

• Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
• Hodgkins, Thomas.
• McMillan, Buchanan, active 1784-1834.

Description

2 v. : ill.; 16 cm.

Note

• Vol. I: "Adorned with thirty-six copper-plates"; v. II: "Adorned with thirty-seven copper-plates."
• Illustrations by William Mulready.
• Printer's imprint: Printed by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden."
• Publisher's advertisements: vol. I, p. [207]; v. II: p. [v-vi]; [220].
• Advertisements quote journals dated as late as May 1807, and include notices of books to be "published before Christmas 1807."
• Godwin initially established his Juvenile Library in the name of Thomas Hodgkins, a man he employed to run the bookshop. When Hodgkins was discovered pilfering shop profits, Godwin managed to have him removed from the business, despite the fact that it legally belonged to Hodgkins. The company was soon reestablished under the name of Godwin's second wife, Mary Jane (cf. St. Clair's The Godwins and the Shelleys).

Access (note)

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Call Number

Pforz (Godwin, W. Fables ancient and modern. 1807. 2 ed.)

OCLC

24180317

Author

Godwin, William, 1756-1836.

Title

Fables, ancient and modern. Adapted for the use of children. By Edward Baldwin, Esq. ...

Imprint

London: Printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Hanway Street, Opposite Soho Square), Oxford Street; and to be had of all booksellers [1807].

Edition

Second edition.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: With the bookplates of J. A. Fuller Maitland; "MARY" (cancelled), "Jane F. Mait- / land. from [?] / March 8 1830 / vol II," in different juvenile penciled hands on the first front fly-leaf of v. II; "Caroline Fuller / Maitland / from her res / pected sister / Mary Wilson," in brown crayon on second front fly-leaf of v. II. -- The illustrations for "The lion and the man" and "The fox and the mask" are crudely hand-colored. -- Bound in mottled calf, with red and black lettering-pieces, gilt decorations and titling.

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Added Author

Mulready, William, 1786-1863. Illustrator

Hodgkins, Thomas. Publisher

McMillan, Buchanan, active 1784-1834. Printer

Valpy, Jane Octavia Fuller-Maitland, 1822-1894. Former owner

Wilson, Mary Fuller-Maitland, 1802-1834. Former owner

Fuller-Maitland, Caroline, 1820-1866. Former owner

Fuller-Maitland, J. A. (John Alexander), 1856-1936. Former owner

Research Call Number

Pforz (Godwin, W. Fables ancient and modern. 1807. 2 ed.)