An elegy on the death and burial of Cock Robin : ornamented with cuts.
Bibliographic Citation:
An elegy on the death and burial of Cock Robin : ornamented with cuts. York : Printed by J. Kendrew, 23, Colliergate, [1820?]
Alternative Title:
Death and burial of Cock Robin
Contributor:
Kendrew, James. prt
Publisher:
Printed by J. Kendrew, 23, Colliergate, [1820?]
Notes:
  • Wrapper title: The death and burial of Cock Robin.
  • Caption title: Cock Robin.
  • Wrappers included in pagination.
  • In verse.
  • Woodcut illustrations.
  • Woodcut on p. 11 shows Cock Robin's coffin inscribed with the date "1805."
  • Approximate publication date from Gumuchian, 1577.
  • First sentence: "Who kill'd Cock Robin?"
  • Includes 14 woodcuts.
  • Citations/References: Davis, R. Kendrew of York, 17
  • Citations/References: Osborne Coll., p. 91
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: frontispiece; yellow paper wrappers.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 10 x 7 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Birds -- Juvenile poetry.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Nursery rhymes.
Chapbooks.
Chapbooks -- England -- York -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Call Number:
PN970 K4 E4 1820 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:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7442
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_K4_E4_1820