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My grand mother : a poem. : Illustrated with engravings.

Other author/creatorCharles, William, 1776-1820, engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published and sold by Wm. Charles. Price plain 12 1/2 cents colourd 18 3/4 cents, 1818.
Description6 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 13 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 44958. ^A575643
General noteWritten in imitation of the poem "My mother." There are two poems having that title written in a similar style by Ann Taylor and Mary Elliott.
General noteCover title.
General noteMetal-engraved text and illustrations; probably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 9.
General note"Of Wm. Charles may also be had the following little poems in the same stile [sic] as this. Our Saviour. My mother. My son. My daughter. My sister. Gratitude. And a variety of others."--advertisement, back cover.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 44958
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 917.2
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. 44958).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1818.
Genre/formPoems 1818.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Other titleMy grandmother.

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