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Garden amusements, for improving the minds of little children.

Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, no. 357, Pearl-Street, 1814.
Description44 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 14 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorCowper, William, 1731-1800.
Other author/creatorHervey, James, 1714-1758.
Other author/creatorAnderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 engraver.
Other author/creatorJohnson & Warner.
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 31558. ^A575643
General note"This little treatise, (written and first published in the great emporium of the British nation ... was thought worthy of an American edition. ..."--Advertisement, p. [4].
General noteCover imprint: New-York: Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, at the Juvenile Book-store, no. 357, Pearl-Street. 1814.
General noteTwo variants of the wrapper noted. In one the wood-engraving is of a boy with a bird; in the other of a girl with a watering can.
General noteWood engraving on p. [36] signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
General note"The jackdaw."--p. 33-35, in verse. By William Cowper.
General note"The green-house."--p. [36]-41, in verse. By William Cowper.
General note"Reflections on a flower-garden."--p. [42]-44. By James Hervey.
General note"School and children's books, printed and sold by Samuel Wood ..."--advertisement, p. [45-46].
General note"A general assortment of Johnson & Warner's pleasing and elegant juvenile books, sold by S. Wood."--advertisement, p. [46-48].
General note"School books, printed and sold by Samuel Wood ..."--advertisement, back cover.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 31558
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 430.3
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 490
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. 31558).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1814.
Genre/formPoems 1814.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements New York (State) New York.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements New York (State) New York.

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