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A token for children: : (the only complete edition ever published.) : In two parts.

Title
A token for children: : (the only complete edition ever published.) : In two parts. / By James Janeway, Minister of the Gospel. ; To which is added, a third part, containing some account of the life, and God's gracious dealings with Hephzibah Mathews. ; Also, The child's monitor, by the Rev. John Cooke, Maidenhead. ; [Two lines from Mark].
Author
Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.
Publication
New-York : published by Whiting and Watson, at their Theological and Classical Book-store, no. 96, Broadway. J. Seymour, print, 1811.

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Additional Authors
  • Mathews, James, 1741 or 1742-1804.
  • Scoles, John, 1772?-1853.
  • Cooke, John, 1760-1826.
  • Samuel Whiting & Co. pbl
  • Whiting and Watson. pbl
  • Children's Room Collection
Description
xix, [2], 22-250 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 15 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1811.
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Metal-engraved frontispiece signed "Scoles [i.e. John Scoles] sculp." Frontispiece has imprint: Published by Whiting & Watson 96 Broadway New York 1811.
  • "A token for children. By J. Mathews; being intended as a third part of The token for children published by the Rev. James Janeway."--P. [139]-236.
  • "The child's monitor; or The dying experience of Mary Jones, of North-Town, near Maidenhead: with remarks by the Rev. John Cooke."--P. [237]-250, with separate title page.
Provenance (note)
  • With the book plate of The Gordon Lester Ford Collection. Inscribed: in ink at head of the dedication, p. [iii], "Mehitable M. Lords." Numerous other pen trials and names ("George", "Mary", "Brooklyn", etc.) on end leaves and pastedowns.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in full brown leather.
Call Number
*KH 1811 Janeway 11-184
OCLC
774601003
Author
Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.
Title
A token for children: : (the only complete edition ever published.) : In two parts. / By James Janeway, Minister of the Gospel. ; To which is added, a third part, containing some account of the life, and God's gracious dealings with Hephzibah Mathews. ; Also, The child's monitor, by the Rev. John Cooke, Maidenhead. ; [Two lines from Mark].
Imprint
New-York : published by Whiting and Watson, at their Theological and Classical Book-store, no. 96, Broadway. J. Seymour, print, 1811.
Provenance
With the book plate of The Gordon Lester Ford Collection. Inscribed: in ink at head of the dedication, p. [iii], "Mehitable M. Lords." Numerous other pen trials and names ("George", "Mary", "Brooklyn", etc.) on end leaves and pastedowns. NN
Binding
Bound in full brown leather. NN
Local Note
Copy in *KH lacks the frontispiece.
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Added Author
Mathews, James, 1741 or 1742-1804.
Scoles, John, 1772?-1853. Engraver
Cooke, John, 1760-1826. Child's monitor.
Samuel Whiting & Co. Publisher
Whiting and Watson. Publisher
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1811 Janeway 11-184
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