The life and death of Jenny Wren.
Bibliographic Citation:
The life and death of Jenny Wren. London : Printed by W.S. Fortey, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, W.C., [ca. 1860]
Alternative Title:
History of Jenny Wren
Jenny Wren
Publisher:
Printed by W.S. Fortey, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, W.C., [ca. 1860]
Notes:
  • Undated. Announcement on p. [4] of wrappers states that Fortey "has succeeded to the business of his late employers"; Fortey began printing at address in 1860, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 68.
  • Title page and cover vignettes.
  • Publisher's advertisements on outer lower wrapper.
  • Includes four hand-coloured woodcuts.
  • A running alphabet is at the head of six pages.
  • First sentence (from t.p.): "Jenny Wren fell sick upon a merry time, In came Robin Redbreast and brought sops and wine."
  • Includes 9 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: publisher's orange pictorial wrappers.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 18 x 11 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en_US. For information, please contact Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library.
Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7386
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_F6_L5_1860