The sisters, or, Virtue triumphant : being the eventful history of Sophia & Charlotte Melford / written by one of the sisters. Robert Cruikshank's titles & colored frontispieces to chap books ; 58
Bibliographic Citation:
Melford, Charlotte. The sisters, or, Virtue triumphant : being the eventful history of Sophia & Charlotte Melford / written by one of the sisters. London : Printed by and for Hodgson & Co., No. 10, Newgate-Street, [between 1822 and 1824]
Alternative Title:
Virtue triumphant
Publisher:
Printed by and for Hodgson & Co., No. 10, Newgate-Street, [between 1822 and 1824]
Notes:
  • Undated. Dates from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 91.
  • "Sixpence."
  • Title page and frontispiece only.
  • Hand-coloured frontispiece probably by Robert Cruikshank.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 1 in a collection of 57 title pages and frontispieces from 1820 to 1828 that represent a better technique than some earlier examples as the strong colours are not applied as carelessly as some of the earlier and cheaper booklets; accession number: 359087.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 19 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Miscellaneous
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=8114
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_R63_no_58_elf