The courtship & marriage of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren : Illustrated with elegant engravings.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cock Robin.
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14717.
Other Authors: Charles, William, 1776-1820
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Published and sold wholesale, by Wm. Charles and may be had of all the [book]sellers, 1808. Price twenty-five cents.
Series:Early American imprints. no. 14717.
Subjects:
Children's poetry.
Picture books for children.
Birds > Juvenile poetry.
Weddings > Juvenile poetry.
Juvenile literature > 1808.
Nursery rhymes > 1808.
Publishers' advertisements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Genre:
Juvenile poetry.
Juvenile literature
Nursery rhymes
Publishers' advertisements
Online Access:
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Physical Description:13 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 13 cm
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format: Electronic eBook
Description
Note:Pictures with verse.
Cover title.
Based upon a London edition published by J. Harris in 1806 with title: The happy courtship, merry marriage, and pic nic dinner, of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren.
Probably engraved by William Charles. Not included in the list of chldren's books published or illustrated by William Charles in Harry B. Weiss' William Charles: early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books (New York: New York Public Library, 1932).
Picture captions: Robin in love. Courtship. Jenny's consent. Robin informs the cock. Proclaiming the marriage. The rook and lark. Going to church. Jenny and attendants. Robin and the bullfinch. General assemblage. Marriage ceremony. Ceremony continued. Putting on the ring.
"Of Wm. Charles, may also be had, just published ... The court[ship] [a]nd marriage of Cock R[obin] [and] Jenny Wren. [Price] 25 [cents] 14 [no. of pictures]."--advertisement, page [4] of wrapper.
Electronic resource.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
References:
Shaw & Shoemaker 14717.
Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 212.1.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic 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. 14717).
Additional Physical Form:
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.