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The Adventures of the industrious cobbler, his scolding wife, and their affectionate daughter.

Other author/creatorCharles, William, 1776-1820, engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles and may be had of all the booksellers. Price, plain, 12 1-2 cents--coloured, 18 3-4 cents, 1814.
Description8 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 14 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 33795. ^A575643
General noteFirst leaf and last leaf pasted to letterpress printed paper cover. Title from cover.
General noteText and illustrations are metal-engraved throughout, presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 7.
General noteAdded title, on first leaf: The interesting adventures of the industrious cobler his scolding wife and their affectionate daughter.
General note"Of Wm. Charles, may also be had, recently published ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of cover.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 33795
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 11
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. 33795).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1814.
Genre/formPoems 1814.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Other titleThe interesting adventures of the industrious cobler his scolding wife and their affectionate daughter.

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