The history of Jack Spratt.
Bibliographic Citation:
The history of Jack Spratt. London : Printed and published at W. S. Fortey's Wholesale Juvenile Book Warehouse, 2 & 3 Manmouth Court, Bloomsbury, [1860]
Alternative Title:
History of Jack Spratt and his cat
Contributor:
Fortey, W. S. (William Samuel) prt
Publisher:
Printed and published at W. S. Fortey's Wholesale Juvenile Book Warehouse, 2 & 3 Manmouth Court, Bloomsbury, [1860]
Notes:
  • Cover title.
  • Illustration on cover.
  • Undated. Announcement on p. [4] of wrappers states that Fortey "has succeeded to the business of his late employers"; Fortey began printing at address in 1860, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 68.
  • First sentence: "Jack Spratt could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so between them both, They pick'd the platter clean."
  • Includes 9 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: yellow pictorial wrappers.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 18 x 11 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Nursery rhymes.
Children's poetry.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Nursery Rhymes
Call Number:
PN970 F6 H6 1860 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's 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=7384
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_F6_H6_1860_DUP