The seasons.
Bibliographic Citation:
The seasons. London : W.S. Johnson, [between 1846 and 1862]
Publisher:
W.S. Johnson, [between 1846 and 1862]
Notes:
  • Date range taken from P. A. H. Brown's London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 100.
  • First sentence: "The welcome spring brings beauties forth From Nature's gifts to cheer the earth; Stern winter gone the nymphs and swains To dance assemble on the plains, With flowery poles and garlands gay They observe the rites of May."
  • Includes 8 woodcuts.
  • Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of wrapper.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Yellow pictorial paper wrappers. 8 leaves with hand-coloured cuts and text on one side only. Cut and text on first page are identical to those on p. [1] of wrapper.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 18 x 13 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Call Number:
PN970 J7 S4 1846 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=7422
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_J7_S4_1846