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The paternal present : being a sequel to Pity's gift

Title: The paternal present : being a sequel to Pity's gift / chiefly selected from the writings of Mr. Pratt ; ornamented with vignettes.
Author: Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814.
Publication: London : T. N. Longman and O. Rees : J. Harris, 1802

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Description

iv, 187 p. : ill.; 17 cm.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Juvenile literature – England – London – 1802.

Note

Woodcut illustrations.
"Advertisement" [i.e. Preface], p. [iii]-iv, dated: January 1, 1802.

Indexed In (note)

Moon, M. Harris (1992)

Provenance (note)

Inscribed: in ink on upper binder's blank, "Sarah Burges Saint.".

Binding (note)

Bound in sprinkled brown leather with a gilt spine and black leather spine label.

Contents

Emilius and Clara -- The people of colour, or, The blacks -- Louisa Venoni -- The earthquake, or, Virtue not exempt from sublunary ills -- The beggar and angel, an oriental story -- The basket maker, a Peruvian tale -- Sophia, or, The maid of simplicity -- Florio, the forester -- A military fragment. The carbines -- Albert Bane.

Call Number

*KH 1802 Pratt 11-24

OCLC

32408338

Author

Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814.

Title

The paternal present : being a sequel to Pity's gift / chiefly selected from the writings of Mr. Pratt ; ornamented with vignettes.

Imprint

London : T. N. Longman and O. Rees : J. Harris, 1802 (London : C. Whittingham)

Indexed In:

Moon, M. Harris (1992), 676(1)

Provenance

Inscribed: in ink on upper binder's blank, "Sarah Burges Saint.". NN

Binding

Bound in sprinkled brown leather with a gilt spine and black leather spine label. NN

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Added Author

Harris, J. (John), -1856. Bookseller

Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840. Printer

Longman and Rees (London, England) Bookseller

Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. Pity's gift.

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1802 Pratt 11-24

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