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The history of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures.

Title: The history of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures.
Author: Girdlestone, Amelia, 1783 or 1784-1854
Publication: London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, 1810

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Slipcase	Text	Restricted use	*KH 1810 History 15-4361 Slipcase	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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Description

15 p. : ill.; 13 cm.

Summary

Fanny disobeys her mother by going out for a walk to show off her new clothes. She is lured away from her familiar neighborhood and robbed of her new things. Lost, and dressed in rags, she must beg and work for her own living, until she finds her way home again, having learned her lesson about obedience.

Alternative Title

Little Fanny

Subject

Genre/Form

Stories in rhyme.
Juvenile literature – England – London – 1810.

Note

The illustrations are hand-colored cut-outs with interchangeable parts: 7 costumed figures, 1 head, and 5 hats. Each figure corresponds to a chapter of the story.
Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of wrapper.
Issued in a cardboard case with same printed text as on the printed wrappers.
Attributed to Amelia Girdlestone, née Troward (cf. Osborne).
"Printed by D.N. Shury, Berwick Street, Soho, London."--Colophon.

Indexed In (note)

Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910

Binding (note)

Copy in *KH bound in publisher's printed blue wrappers, housed in printed slipcase.
Accompanied by original printed slipcase, repaired with overcast stitching.

Contents

No. 1. Fanny dressed in a white frock, and pink sash, with a doll in her arms -- No. 2. Fanny dressed in a great coat, muff, and bonnet, ready to go out -- No. 3. Fanny in a red cloak, with a hat in her hand, begging her bread -- No. 4. Fanny next appears an errand girl, with a basket of fish on her head -- No. 5. Fanny now carries milk and eggs to market, instead of fish, as a neater and cleaner employ -- No. 6. Fanny has now a basket of butter under her cloak, and is sent, unknown to herself, to her mother's house -- No. 7. Fanny restored to her former station, modestly dressed in a coloured frock, with a book in her hand.

Call Number

*KH 1810 History 15-239

OCLC

63089988

Author

Girdlestone, Amelia, 1783 or 1784-1854, attributed name.

Title

The history of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures.

Imprint

London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, 1810 (London : printed by D.N. Shury)

Edition

2nd ed.

Indexed In:

Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, volume 2, page 1052

Binding

Copy in *KH bound in publisher's printed blue wrappers, housed in printed slipcase. NN

Accompanied by original printed slipcase, repaired with overcast stitching. NN

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Added Author

S. and J. Fuller, publisher.

Shury, Daniel Nathan, printer.

Research Call Number

*KH 1810 History 15-239

*KH 1810 History 18-4361

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