The History of the prodigal son : taken from the Gospel according to St. Luke, chapter XV. : Illustrated with six elegant copperplates. : Designed for the instruction and amusement of youth.

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Publication InfoNew-York : Griffin & Rudd, no. 189 Greenwich-Street, and Thomas Gimbrede, no. 101 Read-Street, 1813. Price 18 3-4 cents plain [a]nd 25 cents coloured.
Description1 unnumbered page, 6 pages, 1 unnumbered leaves, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 12 x 13 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 44339. ^A575643
General noteCover title. At head of title: No. 1.
General noteCopyright May [date obscured], 1813 by Griffin & Rudd. The copyright statement and the advertisement below it are printed on a slip pasted to back cover.
General noteMistakenly dated 1818 by Shaw & Shoemaker. "The date 1813 is indistinct and looks like 1818. The firm of Griffin & Rudd ceased to exist with the death of Charles Rudd on Oct. 2, 1815."--Welch.
General note"Hymn. The repenting prodigal."--final leaf, affixed to cover. Without music.
General note"Griffin & Rudd ... have constantly on hand, a great variety of interesting and useful books for children, and they intend continuing the publication of a series of engraved toy books ..."--advertisement, back cover.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 44339
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 589.2
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. 44339).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1813.
Genre/formParables.
Genre/formHymns.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements New York (State) New York.

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