The History of insects : [Two lines from Genesis].
| Other author | Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New-York : Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, at the Juvenile Book-store, no. 357, Pearl-street, 1813. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, 28 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 28750. ^A575643 |
| Contents | Elephant-beetle -- Grasshopper -- Cricket -- Locust -- Flea -- Louse -- Itch. Mite. Chego. Deathwatch -- Scorpion -- Ants -- Honey-bee -- Dragon fly -- Butterfly -- Spider -- [Silkworm]. |
| General note | Preface, p. [3]-5, advocates the humane treatment of all creatures, "great or small." |
| General note | Page [1], 1st count, and p. [30] are blank. |
| General note | With a poem by Mrs. Barbauld on verso of title page. |
| General note | "Samuel Wood informs the good little boys and girls ... if they will please to call at his Juvenile Book-store, ... it will be his pleasure to furnish them with a great variety of pretty little books, ... Besides many from Philadelphia, New-Haven, and elsewhere, he has twenty kinds of his own printing, and proposes to enlarge the number."--Advertisement, p. [29]. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 28750 |
| References | Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 544.5 |
| References | Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 475 |
| 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. 28750). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1813. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1813. |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements New York (State) New York. |
| Genre/form | Chapbooks 1813. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |