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The orphan boy, or, A journey to Bath : founded on fact

Title
The orphan boy, or, A journey to Bath : founded on fact / by Mary Belson, author of The mice and their pic nic, Precept and example, Industry and idleness, Innocent poetry, Grateful tributes, Baby's holiday, Simple truths, &c. &c.
Author
Elliott, Mary, 1794?-1870.
Publication
London : Printed for W. Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, [1812?]

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Additional Authors
  • Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844
  • Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?.
  • Darton, William, 781-1854
  • Children's Room Collection
Description
120, [6] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 15 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Orphan boy
  • Journey to Bath
  • Sweets of benevolence.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature – England – London – 1812.
Note
  • Probable date of publication suggested by Jordan, who records a copy of the author's Simple truths in verse (1812) in which the present work is mentioned.
  • Illustrations: 2 prints : engraving, stipple engraving ; full-page. Signed: H. Corbould delint., C. Knight sculpt.; dated: April 27th, 1814.
  • "The orphan girl, or, Sweets of benevolence: being a sequel to The orphan boy": p. [101]-120.
  • Publisher's advertisements: p. [121-126].
Indexed In (note)
  • Jordan, P.D. Juvenilia of Mary Belson Elliott
Binding (note)
  • Copy in *KL 98-326 binding: Modern quarter cloth and paste paper boards.
  • Copy in *KH 1812 Elliott 16-772 rebound in quarter burgundy leather with marbled paper boards.
Call Number
*KL 98-326
OCLC
  • 30639207
  • NYPG98-B1101
Author
Elliott, Mary, 1794?-1870.
Title
The orphan boy, or, A journey to Bath : founded on fact / by Mary Belson, author of The mice and their pic nic, Precept and example, Industry and idleness, Innocent poetry, Grateful tributes, Baby's holiday, Simple truths, &c. &c.
Imprint
London : Printed for W. Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, [1812?] (London : J. Gillet, Printer)
Indexed In:
Jordan, P.D. Juvenilia of Mary Belson Elliott, 99
Binding
Copy in *KL 98-326 binding: Modern quarter cloth and paste paper boards. NN
Local Note
Arents and *KH 1812 Elliott 16-772 -- each lack one plate.
Copy in *KL 98-326 provenance: Robert Cram (autograph, "Ellison Place, Newcastle, 1819").
Binding
Copy in *KH 1812 Elliott 16-772 rebound in quarter burgundy leather with marbled paper boards. NN
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Local Subject
Cram, Robert Provenance.
Added Author
Elliott, Mary, 1794?-1870. Orphan girl. 1814.
Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844, illustrator.
Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?. engraver
Darton, William, 781-1854, publisher
Added Title
Sweets of benevolence.
Research Call Number
*KL 98-326
*KH 1812 Elliott 16-772
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