An interesting description of England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : showing the condition of the people, their modes of life, and how they lived & dressed : from the reign of James the Second to that of Queen Victoria / by Miss Corner.
Bibliographic Citation:
Corner, Miss (Julia), 1798-1875. An interesting description of England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : showing the condition of the people, their modes of life, and how they lived & dressed : from the reign of James the Second to that of Queen Victoria / by Miss Corner. London [Threadneedle Street] : Thomas Dean and Son, [between 1847 and 1854]
Alternative Title:
England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Creator:
Corner, Miss (Julia), 1798-1875.
Contributor:
Dean & Son. pbl prt
Publisher:
Thomas Dean and Son, [between 1847 and 1854]
Notes:
  • Approximate dates based on publisher's address, established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 55.
  • Tinted lithographed plates and t.p.
  • "In easy language for young children."
  • Publisher's advertisements on back cover.
  • First sentence: "When king James the Second was dethroned, and obliged to leave the country, he had three children, two daughters, and an infant son."
  • Includes 5 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: lithographed frontispiece; title-page vignette; 2 plates. Red, white & blue decorated wrappers. Wandsworth Collection - p.63. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. April/70. $8.50.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 17 x 13 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Costume -- England -- Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form:
Publishers' advertisements -- 1850.
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Historical, Political and Biographical
Call Number:
PN970 D4 I53 1847 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:
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=7370
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_D4_I53_1847