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A present for a little boy : [Two lines from Cotton].

Author/creator Darton, William, 1755-1819
Other author/creatorAnderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 engraver.
Other author/creatorRalph, William, engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionA new edition, improved.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by Jacob Johnson, no. 147, High-Street, 1804.
Description60 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 50421. ^A575643
General noteIncludes short prose pieces about animals (such as learned pigs), as well as several poems.
General noteBy William Darton.
General noteEdition statement from head of frontispiece.
General note"A. & G. Way, printers."--colophon, p. [58]. A. & G. Way printed in Philadelphia between 1803 and 1804.
General noteIllustrated with both metal engravings and wood engravings. Metal-engraved illustrations appear on the same pages as printed text. The metal engraving on p. [26] is signed: W.R.[i.e., William Ralph] sc. The wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette are signed: A. [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
General note"Books lately published and for sale, by Jacob Johnson ..."--advertisement, p. [59-60].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 50421
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 264.2
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 50421).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1804.
Genre/formGift books 1804.
Genre/formPoems 1804.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

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