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Juvenile rambles through the paths of nature : in which many parts of the wonderful works of the creation are brought forward, are made familiar to the capacity of every little miss and master, who wishes to become wise and good

Title: Juvenile rambles through the paths of nature : in which many parts of the wonderful works of the creation are brought forward, are made familiar to the capacity of every little miss and master, who wishes to become wise and good / embellished with cuts.
Author: Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.
Publication: London : Printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, the corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, [ca. 1803]

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Description

128 p. : ill.; 11 cm.

Subjects

Natural history > Juvenile literature
Juvenile literature > England > London > 1803

Genre/Form

Juvenile literature – England – London – 1803.

Note

"(Price Six-pence.)"
Authorship attributed in Osborne Coll., I, 204. Dedication signed "R.J." [i.e. Richard Johnson]. Moon notes this title was compiled by Richard Johnson from Mrs. Trimmer's Introduction to the knowledge of nature. Approximate date supplied by Moon, cited below.
Imprint date from Moon, M., J. Harris's books, 436.
First published ca. 1786; cf. Gumuchian 3477-3478.
Frontispiece on verso of leaf A1, and many of the woodcuts are hand colored.

Indexed In (note)

Roscoe, S. John Newbery
Moon, M. Harris (1992)
cf. Freeman, R. B. British natural history books

Provenance (note)

Inscribed: loss of text on p. 114, supplied in ink.

Binding (note)

Bound in decorated colored paper boards, spine repaired.

Call Number

*KH 1803 Johnson 11-30

OCLC

13651811

Author

Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.

Title

Juvenile rambles through the paths of nature : in which many parts of the wonderful works of the creation are brought forward, are made familiar to the capacity of every little miss and master, who wishes to become wise and good / embellished with cuts.

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, the corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, [ca. 1803] ([London] : Printed by J. Crowder and E. Hemsted, Warwick-Square)

Indexed In:

Roscoe, S. John Newbery, J200 (3).

Moon, M. Harris (1992), 436(1)

cf. Freeman, R. B. British natural history books, 1993.

Provenance

Inscribed: loss of text on p. 114, supplied in ink. NN

Binding

Bound in decorated colored paper boards, spine repaired. NN

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Added Author

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

Crowder, J. (John), -1830. Printer

Hemsted, Edmund. Printer

Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810. Introduction to the knowledge of nature.

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1803 Johnson 11-30

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