Mother Goose's tales, or, Histories of past times : with morals to each tale
Date
1790-1799
Date approximate?
yes
Creator
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703.
Subject headings
Children's literature
Description
[160] p. : ill. ; 11 cm. Signatures: [A] , B-K ; p. 148 misnumbered "248". The "morals" are in verse. Each tale preceded by woodcut; most tales followed by design made from type ornaments; woodcuts possibly modelled after those in first edition (1729), cf. The authentic Mother Goose fairy tales and nursery rhymes / Jacques Barchilon and Henry Pettit. Denver : A. Swallow, 1960. Last tale from The Governess by Sarah Fielding; title (with no tale number or woodcut) and text follow end of Little Thumb on p. 149. Dutch floral paper over boards; stab sewn through the signatures. First tale begins on p. [13]; missing pages possibly contain dedication, present in earlier editions of Samber's translation. NcGU Inscribed "1798"; other work with this imprint dated 1795, cf. AB bookman's weekly, Nov. 13, 1989, p. 1882. NcGU Imperfect; lacking p. 1-2, 5-12, 15-18, 151-154, 159-[160?]; collation and signatures partly conjectural. NcGU In dark blue cloth clam-shell case. NcGU
Type
text
Original format
books
Original publisher
London : Printed for and sold by the booksellers, in town and country, [179-
Language
en
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
Lois Lenski Collection of Early American Children's Literature
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Call number
L-A073
Object ID
ocm21275503
Digital master format
Image/tiff
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
