McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The merry cobler and his musical alphabet. Glasgow : Published and sold wholesale by J. Lumsden & Son, [between 1815 and 1820]

Contributor:

James Lumsden & Son, publisher.

Publisher:

Published and sold wholesale by J. Lumsden & Son, [between 1815 and 1820]

Notes:

"[Price Two-pence.]"
Probable date of publication from Roscoe & Brimmell's Lumsden & Son of Glasgow as cited below.
Woodcuts: illustrations, title vignette.
First and last leaves pasted-down to wrappers.
First sentence: "I had a little hobby horse, And it was dapple gray; Its head was made of peastraw, Its tail was made of hay."
Includes 28 woodcuts.
Citations/References: Roscoe & Brimmell. Lumsden, 101
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: woodcut frontispiece, cobbler at his bench; title-page woodcut; 25 other woodcuts in text. Plain wrappers. Inked title on upper wrapper. Lumsden - Roscoe & Brimmell - #101. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. Feb/94. $400.00. Aleph-Bet Books. Valley Cottage, N.Y. - '97 - $600.00.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 89 mm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Punch and Judy.
Alphabet rhymes.
English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks, Scottish -- Specimens.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Alphabet rhymes.
Chapbooks.
Miniature books (Printing) -- London -- 1817.
Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Books of Instruction

Call Number:

PN970 L86 M47 1815 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=8281

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_L86_M47_1815