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Fairy tales, now first collected : to which are prefixed two dissertations 1. on pygmies 2. on fairies
- Title
- Fairy tales, now first collected : to which are prefixed two dissertations 1. on pygmies 2. on fairies / by Joseph Ritson.
- Author
- Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803.
- Publication
- London : Payne and Foss, 1831.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GR550 .R58 1831 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vi, 207 p.; 20 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fairy tales – England – 19th century. – rbgenr
- Folklore – England – 19th century.
- Library copies (Provenance)
- Fiction.
- Note
- Edited by Joseph Frank.
- Issued 1875 with Halliwell's Illustrations of the fairy mythology of A midsummer-night's dream (Shakespeare society publications, no. 26, 1845) under title: Fairy tales, legends and romances illustrating Shakespeare and other English writers (ed. by W.C. Hazlitt)
- From the Diana Rexford Tillson Collection, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950.
- Provenance (note)
- has printed labels for the Reading Society, held at Mr. Tibnam's, Shrewsbury, on front and rear pastedowns; labels include "List of members" and "Rules and regulations" .
- has signature of R.A. Slaney, Esq., one of the members, on inside front cover; inscribed on front free endpaper: E.F. Eyton from her affectionate Father, R.A. Slaney, Oct. 31, 1836.
- Binding (note)
- Three-quarters bound red leather gilt, marbled bds. and all edges speckled.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- LCCN
- 16004318
- OCLC
- ocm00768114
- SCSB-138476
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library