The elephant's ball, and grand fete champetre : intended as a companion to those much admired pieces, The butterfly's ball, and The peacock "at home" : illustrated with elegant engravings / by W.B.
Bibliographic Citation:
W. B. The elephant's ball, and grand fete champetre : intended as a companion to those much admired pieces, The butterfly's ball, and The peacock "at home" : illustrated with elegant engravings / by W.B. London : Printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, at the Original Juvenile Library, 1808 (Printed by E. Hemsted)
Creator:
W. B.
Contributor:
Mulready, William, 1786-1863, engraver.
Harris, John, 1756-1846, publisher.
Hemsted, Edmund, printer.
Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner, 1750?-1817? Peacock at home.
Roscoe, William, 1753-1831. Butterfly's ball and the grasshopper's feast.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, at the Original Juvenile Library, 1808
Notes:
  • Copper-engraved plates; frontispiece dated: Dec. 5, 1807.
  • Plates attributed to William Mulready, cf. Moon, cited below.
  • Wood-engraved tail-piece.
  • First sentence: "The insects and birds, with the balls and their feasts, Caus'd much conversation among all the beasts: The Elephant, famous for sense as for size, At such entertainments express'd much surprise; Says he, 'shall these impudent tribes of the air, To break our soft slumbers thus wantonly dare?'"
  • Citations/References: Moon, M. John Harris's books for youth, 32(2)
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 8 copperplates, attributed to Mulready. Bound with 4 other Roscoe imitations subsequent to publication; without wrappers. 1/2 leather binding, marbled paper over boards. Hockliffe Collection - p.80. Osborne - p.51. Forgotten Children's Books - Tuer - p.149. John Harris's Books - moon - #32(2). Darton - p.206. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Oct/69. $175.00 for the 5. Justin Schiller. New York - '83 - $150.00 for this 1 chapbook.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 13 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Animals -- Juvenile poetry.
Elephants -- Juvenile poetry.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Nursery rhymes.
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Call Number:
PN970 H37 E54 1808 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.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8238
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_H37_E54_1808_003376401