| Uniform title | Cock Robin. |
| Series |
Early American imprints. Second series no. 14717. ^A575643
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| General note | Pictures with verse. |
| General note | Cover title. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | 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). |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | "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, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| References |
Shaw & Shoemaker 14717 |
| References |
Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 212.1 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| 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). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1808. |
| Genre/form | Nursery rhymes 1808. |
| Genre/form | Publishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia. |
