ECU Libraries Catalog

A kid, a kid: or The Jewish origin of the celebrated legend The house that Jack built. : [Four lines of verse].

Other author/creatorLeberecht, P. N. (Philipp Nicodemus)
Other author/creatorDay, Mahlon, 1790-1854, publisher.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed and sold by Mahlon Day, at the new juvenile bookstore, 374 Pearl-Street, 1833.
Description16 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm
Subject(s)
Local noteJoyner Rare copy imperfect: includes staining on front cover and title page and lacking rear cover.
General note"The following account of the Jewish origin of the celebrated popular legend, 'The house that Jack built, ' is taken from the London Congregational magazine. ... I will here furnish them with a little translation of it, and then add the interpretation, as given by P.N. Leberecht, Leipsic, 1731. The hymn itself is found in Sepher Haggadah"--Introduction, p. [3]-4
General noteChiefly verse.
General note"The ocean."--Page 15 -16, in verse
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Pattie McCay Dunn & Jane Pittman, 4/2021
Other title House that Jack built.

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Rare Collection GR487 .K53 1833 ✔ Available Request Material