The young lady's and gentleman's library : consisting of voyages, travels, tales and stories : carefully selected and abridged for their amusement and instruction : in six volumes
Date1809
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(author)
W. and J. Deas
(publisher)
Alternate Title
New juvenile library
Format
The young lady's and gentleman's library : consisting of voyages, travels, tales and stories : carefully selected and abridged for their amusement and instruction : in six volumes. ''Price 15s. with plain, and 21s. with coloured plates''. Imperfect: 12 pages in vols. II and VI are wanting. The set is composed of 30 stories, separately paged and, for the most part, with separate t.p.'s bearing ''New juvenile library.'' Some of the stories are reprints, with different copperplates, of the series ''Tabart's popular stories'' edited by William Godwin. v. 1. Park's travels -- Wafer's travels -- Bruces's travels -- Byron's narrative -- Pelham's narrative -- v. 2. Robinson Crusoe -- Philip Quarle -- Gulliver's travels to Lillyput -- [Gulliver's travels to] Brobdignag -- Baron Munchausen -- v.3. Aladdin, or The wonderful lamp -- Whittington and his cat -- Beauty and the beast -- Forty thieves -- Riquet with the tuft -- v. 4. Jack the Giant Killer -- Robin Hood -- Seven champions -- Valentine and Orson -- Story of Finetta -- v. 5. Fortunio -- Fortunatus -- Cinderella -- Sleeping Beauty -- Florio and Florella -- King and fairy ring -- v. 6. Royal ram -- White mouse -- White cat -- Blue Beard -- Puss in Boots -- Yellow dwarf.
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Dimensions198 p. (various pagings)
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Call Number / Accession Number37131032418816D
Dewey Number486149