Display : a tale
Date1819
Names
Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824
(author)
Hilton, William, 1786-1839
(illustrator)
Taylor and Hessey
(publisher)
Taylor, Isaac, 1787-1865
(former owner)
Format
"Testimonies in favour of this work" from the Literary panorama, June, 1815, and the Eclectic review, August, 1815, are given on the verso of the half-title.
Association copy: The flyleaf bears the signature of the author's brother: Is. Taylor, Stanford Rivers.
The copperplate frontispiece, dated Augt 1, 1817, is re-engraved by Samuel Freeman after William Hilton.
The psychological study of two young ladies ends with the conversion of the vain Elizabeth who gives evidence of "the subjugation of a propensity...almost thought incurable, ...the love of--Display".
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 18 cm x 11 cm (7 1/16 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131048618672D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1494226
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