The looking-glass for the mind, or, The juvenile friend : being a valuable collection of interesting and miscellaneous incidents, calculated to exhibit to young minds the happy effects of youthful innocence, and filial affection; : in prose and verse: : designed to improve and amuse the rising generation. : Embellished with an elegant frontispiece, and seventy-three cuts.
| Author/creator | Berquin |
| Other author | Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793. |
| Other author | Thackara, James, 1767-1848 engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed and published by John Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut Street, 1819. |
| Description | iv, 271 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Ami des enfants. Selections. English |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 47205. ^A575643 Early American imprints. Second series no. 48511. ^A575643 |
| General note | Selection of prose and poetry translated from Arnaud Berquin's L'Ami des enfans. Possibly translated by Richard Johnson. Cf. Weedon, M.J.P. "Richard Johnson and the successors of John Newbery." The Library, 5th series, 4 (1949): 37, 55-56. |
| General note | Caption and running title: The looking-glass. |
| General note | Frontispiece signed: Thackara [i.e., James Thackara] sc. |
| General note | Title vignette includes the phrase: Reading improves the mind. |
| General note | "John Bioren keeps constantly for sale a general assortment of miscellaneous and school books ..."--advertisement, p. [272]. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 47205 |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 48511 |
| References | Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 77.8 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 47205). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 48511). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1819. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1819. |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |