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The three cakes, or, Harry, Peter, and Billy : a tale in verse, illustrated with engravings : from the original in prose

Title: The three cakes, or, Harry, Peter, and Billy : a tale in verse, illustrated with engravings : from the original in prose / by Mrs. Barbauld.
Author: Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825.
Publication: London : John Harris, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1824.

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Description

19, [1] p., 4 leaves of plates : col. ill.; 18 cm.

Series Statement

Harris's cabinet of amusement & instruction

Alternative Title

Three cakes
Harry, Peter, and Billy

Subjects

Generosity > Juvenile literature
Sharing > Juvenile literature
Juvenile literature > England > London > 1824

Genre/Form

Juvenile literature – England – London – 1824.

Note

Illustrations are hand-colored, dated Dec. 1st, 1824.
Mrs. Barbauld's story based on one of the stories in Berquin's L'ami des enfans; cf. Moon, cited below. Her prose version appeared in her Lessons for children.
Book list of Harris's cabinet of amusement and instruction, 53 items, pasted down on inside of rear wrapper.

Indexed In (note)

Moon, M. Harris (1992) ;

Provenance (note)

Inscribed: in ink on upper paste-down, "For Henry & Susan with Aunt Edge's love. Jany. 1841."

Binding (note)

Bound in printed buff paper wrappers. Rebacked and repaired.

Call Number

*KH 1824 Barbauld 11-104

OCLC

29531086

Author

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825.

Title

The three cakes, or, Harry, Peter, and Billy : a tale in verse, illustrated with engravings : from the original in prose / by Mrs. Barbauld.

Imprint

London : John Harris, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1824. (London : Printed by S. & R. Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street)

Series

Harris's cabinet of amusement & instruction

Indexed In:

Moon, M. Harris (1992) ; 36

Provenance

Inscribed: in ink on upper paste-down, "For Henry & Susan with Aunt Edge's love. Jany. 1841." NN

Binding

Bound in printed buff paper wrappers. Rebacked and repaired. NN

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Added Author

Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791. Ami des enfants.

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

S. and R. Bentley. Printer

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1824 Barbauld 11-104

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