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Author/Creator:

Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793

Contributors:

K. , engraver

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 , engraver

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The hermit of the forest, and the wandering infants [by Johnson, R.]

Related Series:

Early American imprints > Second series; no. 48216

Subjects:

Children's stories

Hermits — Juvenile fiction

Abandoned children — Juvenile fiction

Orphans — Juvenile fiction

Fathers — Juvenile fiction

Uncles — Juvenile fiction

Hygiene — Juvenile literature

Swimming — Juvenile literature

Play — Juvenile literature

Hermits

Abandoned children

Orphans

Fathers

Uncles

Hygiene

Swimming

Play

Genres:

Juvenile literature — 1819

Poems — 1819

Booksellers' advertisements — New York (State) — Cooperstown

Printers' advertisements — New York (State) — Cooperstown

Advertisements — Bookbinding

Chapbooks — 1819

Fiction

Juvenile works

General Notes:

A variation of the story The children in the wood.
Attributed to Richard Johnson.
Pages [1] and [32] blank; pasted to printed wrapper.
Wood-engraved vignette on title page signed "K." Wood engraving on back cover signed "A" (i.e., Alexander Anderson). Other wood engravings by Anderson appear on p. [27] and on the front cover.
"Bathing."--p. [27]-28.
"Kite."--p. [29].
"To children."--poem, p. [30].
"H. & E. Phinney, at their book-store and printing-office ... have for sale a general assortment of toy books ... also a large collection of books and stationary. School books, and blanks of all kinds constantly on hand. Printing and book-binding carried on as usual."--advertisement, p. [31].
Shaw & Shoemaker 48216
Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 673.35
Pomeroy, J.R. Anderson, 611
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
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. 48216).

Physical Description:

28 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 10 cm

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

Z1215 .J646 1819eb

OCLC Numbers:

1039117380