Research Catalog

Title

Fables anciennes et modernes, adaptées a l'usage des enfans. Traduites de l'anglois de M. Baldwin.

Author

Godwin, William, 1756-1836.

Publication

A Londres : De l'imprimerie de C. Spilsbury, Angel-Court, Snowhill. Et se vend chez Thomas Hodgkins, à la Bibliothèques des Enfans, Hanway-Street, (près Soho-Square) Oxford-Street : aussi chez DuLau & Co. Soho-Square; De Conchy, New-Bond-Street; De Boffe, Gerrard-Street; & Boosey, Broad-Street, Finsbury-Square. 1806.

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Additional Authors

• Godwin, Mary Jane, 1768-1841
• Hodgkins, Thomas.
• Spilsbury, Charles.
• De Conchy, Laurent Louis.
• Boffe, Joseph de.
• Boosey, Thomas, active 1792-1832.
• Mulready, William, 1786-1863.
• A. Dulau & Co. pbl

Description

x, 269, [1] p. : ill.; 18 cm.

Note

• Errata: p. x.
• Publisher's advertisements: p. 269[-270].
• Translated by Mary Jane Godwin.
• Engraved title vignette by William Mulready; six additional engraved plates, each with twelve small illustrations, each representing a fable.
• Godwin established his Juvenile Library in the name of Thomas Hodgkins, whom he employed to run the bookshop. When Hodgkins was discovered pilfering shop profits, Godwin had 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)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Godwin, W. Fables ancient and modern. 1806. FRE)

OCLC

9962756

Author

Godwin, William, 1756-1836.

Title

Fables anciennes et modernes, adaptées a l'usage des enfans. Traduites de l'anglois de M. Baldwin.

Imprint

A Londres : De l'imprimerie de C. Spilsbury, Angel-Court, Snowhill. Et se vend chez Thomas Hodgkins, à la Bibliothèques des Enfans, Hanway-Street, (près Soho-Square) Oxford-Street : aussi chez DuLau & Co. Soho-Square; De Conchy, New-Bond-Street; De Boffe, Gerrard-Street; & Boosey, Broad-Street, Finsbury-Square. 1806.

Restricted Access

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

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy 1: With the bookplate of J. S. W. S. Erle Drax. -- Bound in polished tree calf with brown spine label, gilt spine and cover borders.

Pforzheimer copy 2: Bound in tree calf with gilt decorations on spine, lettering piece missing.

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Added Author

Godwin, Mary Jane, 1768-1841 Translator

Hodgkins, Thomas. Publisher

Spilsbury, Charles. Printer

A. Dulau & Co. Publisher

De Conchy, Laurent Louis. Publisher

Boffe, Joseph de. Publisher

Boosey, Thomas, active 1792-1832. Publisher

Mulready, William, 1786-1863. Illustrator

Drax, J. Sawbridge Erle (John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle), 1800-1887. Former owner

Research Call Number

Pforz (Godwin, W. Fables ancient and modern. 1806. FRE)