The canary bird : A moral story, interspersed with poetry. / By the author of The sparrow, Keeper's travels, The crested wren, &c. ; [One line of quotation].

Author/creator Kendall, Edward Augustus
Other author Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed for Benjamin Johnson, no. 31 High-Street, and Jacob Johnson, no. 147. High-Street, 1801.
Description80 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 13 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 747. ^A575643
General note"The subject of this volume is the escape of a canary-bird from his cage:--the design--to present to young readers a little miscellany of natural history, moral precept, sentiment and narrative."--Advertisement, p. [3].
General noteBy Edward Augustus Kendall.
General noteError in paging: page 52 misnumbered 2.
General noteMetal-engraved frontispiece signed: Tanner [i.e., Benjamin Tanner?] sc.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 747
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 722.1
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 270
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. 747).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1801.
Genre/formPoems 1801.

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