McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Flowers for a juvenile garland. New Haven : S. Babcock, [1835?]

Publisher:

S. Babcock, [1835?]

Notes:

Title vignette.
First sentence: "'Tis better far to eat the bread Of Industry, though hard, Than with the daintiest bits be fed, By other's bounty shared."
Includes 7 woodcuts.
Contents: The industrious weaver -- The whalers -- The rat caught -- The young gardener -- Sewing -- The flower girl.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 7 wood engravings by Alexander Anderson. Blue decorated wrappers. Uncut, unopened. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. June/64. $4.00. H. Burstein. Waltham, Mass. - '98 - $35.00. Given to McGill 2001.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 7.5 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Nursery Rhymes

Call Number:

PN970 B3 F56 1830z Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection

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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8173

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_B3_F56_1830z