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The valentine's gift, or, A plan to enable children of all denominations to behave with honour, integrity, and humanity : to which is added, some account of Old Zigzag, and of the horn which he used to understand the language of birds, beasts, fishes, and insects.

Title
The valentine's gift, or, A plan to enable children of all denominations to behave with honour, integrity, and humanity : to which is added, some account of Old Zigzag, and of the horn which he used to understand the language of birds, beasts, fishes, and insects.
Publication
Glasgow : Published and Sold by J. Lumsden & Son, [not before 1816]

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Additional Authors
  • Austin, Richard T.
  • Bewick, John, 1760-1795.
  • James Lumsden & Son. pbl
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
67 p. : ill. (woodcuts); 14 cm.
Alternative Title
Plan to enable children of all denominations to behave with honour, integrity, and humanity
Subject
  • Valentine's Day > Juvenile fiction
  • Animal welfare > Juvenile literature
  • Human-animal communication > Juvenile literature
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature – Scotland – Glasgow – 1816.
Note
  • "Price Sixpence."
  • Earliest publication date from Roscoe, cited below.
  • Dated by Gumuchian, 5710, as ca. 1815.
  • Originally published by John Newbery in 1765.
  • Woodcut frontispiece and 14 full-page illustrations, those at p. 34 and 39 signed "R. Austin"; the others are probably by him, according to Roscoe. Hugo, cited below, notes that "several may be by Bewick. Several, and perhaps all, are by Austin."
  • Frontispiece included in pagination.
  • Cf. Gumuchian, 5710.
Indexed In (note)
  • Roscoe, S. Lumsden
  • Hugo, T. Bewick
Call Number
*KH 1818 Vicissitude 11-137
OCLC
31190072
Title
The valentine's gift, or, A plan to enable children of all denominations to behave with honour, integrity, and humanity : to which is added, some account of Old Zigzag, and of the horn which he used to understand the language of birds, beasts, fishes, and insects.
Imprint
Glasgow : Published and Sold by J. Lumsden & Son, [not before 1816]
Indexed In:
Roscoe, S. Lumsden, 134
Hugo, T. Bewick, (311)
Local Note
Copy in *KH is No. 2 of four titles published by J. Lumsden bound together in the same volume.
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Added Author
Austin, Richard T. Engraver
Bewick, John, 1760-1795.
James Lumsden & Son. Publisher
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1818 Vicissitude 11-137
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