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Frank Feignwell's attempts to amuse his friends : exhibited in a series of characters.

Title
Frank Feignwell's attempts to amuse his friends : exhibited in a series of characters.
Publication
London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, 1811

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Additional Authors
  • Shury, Daniel Nathan.
  • S. and J. Fuller. pbl
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
19 p. : col. ill.; 13 cm.
Summary
Frank Feignwell entertains his friends at a Twelfth Night party by dressing in costumes and reciting monologues in which he portrays a king, Rolla (the Inca warrior in Sheridan's play Pizarro), a barber, Harlequin, a Scotsman, a peddler, and a lawyer.
Alternative Title
Frank Feignwell
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile literature – England – London – 1811.
  • Stories in rhyme.
Note
  • The illustrations are hand-colored cut-outs with interchangeable parts: 8 costumed figures, 1 head, and [4?] hats and [2?] wigs. Each figure corresponds to a chapter of the story.
  • Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of wrapper.
  • Bound in printed gray paper wrappers. Issued in a slipcase of printed paper over card.
Indexed In (note)
  • Gumuchian
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in ink on upper free endleaf, "Alfred Roper butler 1838."
Contents
Character, Frank Feignwell -- Character, king -- Character, Rolla -- Character, barber -- Character, Harlequin -- Character, Scotchman -- Character, Jew pedlar -- Character, counsellor.
Call Number
*KH 1811 Frank 11-408
OCLC
52893171
Title
Frank Feignwell's attempts to amuse his friends : exhibited in a series of characters.
Imprint
London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, 1811 (London : D.N. Shury)
Edition
3rd ed.
Indexed In:
Gumuchian, 1991
Local Note
Library's copy lacks the slipcase and all the headgear except the counsellor-at-law's wig.
Provenance
Inscribed: in ink on upper free endleaf, "Alfred Roper butler 1838."
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Added Author
Children's Room Collection.
S. and J. Fuller. Publisher
Shury, Daniel Nathan. Printer
Research Call Number
*KH 1811 Frank 11-408
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