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Evenings at home, or, The juvenile budget opened : consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons. / By Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin. ; In two volumes.--. Vol. I[-II].

Author/creator Aikin, John, 1747-1822
Other author/creatorBarbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825.
Other author/creatorBowen, Abel, 1790-1850 engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBoston : Published by Cummings and Hilliard. 1813. ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Hilliard & Metcalf, [1813]
Description2 volumes : illustrations ; 17 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 27682. ^A575643
General noteThe illustrated issue. Welch (entry 25.6) and Shaw & Shoemaker (entry 27682) posit the existence of an illustrated issue in addition to the issue without illustrations (Welch 25.5; Shaw & Shoemaker 27681) on the strength of a unique copy (imperfect) of v. 2 with six wood-engraved plates, held by the American Antiquarian Society. The plates are intended to face p. 22, 160, 180, 198, 302, and 325. In the AAS copy, the plate intended to face p. 325 is bound facing the title page. That plate is signed "Bowen" (i.e., Abel Bowen); the plate intended to face p. 198 is signed "B."
General noteDescribed by Welch as "a larger book than [Welch] 25.5," but the AAS copy is no more than an untrimmed copy.
General noteVol. 2: vi [i.e., iv], 330 p., [6] leaves of plates.
General noteError in paging: v. 2, p. iv misnumbered vi.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 27682
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 25.6
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 27682).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1813.
Genre/formFables 1813.
Genre/formFairy tales 1813.
Genre/formDialogues.
Genre/formAllegories.
Genre/formPoems 1813.

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