Poems, pictures, and alphabet of verses : for the amusement and instruction of young persons.
Bibliographic Citation:
Poems, pictures, and alphabet of verses : for the amusement and instruction of young persons. Chelmsford : Printed and sold by I. Marsden, [between 1815 and 1826].
Alternative Title:
Rhyming alphabet.
Tom Thumb's Delight.
Contributor:
Marsden, I. printer
Publisher:
Printed and sold by I. Marsden, [between 1815 and 1826].
Notes:
  • Marsden, a printer, publisher, bookseller, and stationer traded in the Essex town of Chelmford between 1815 and 1826; cf. British Book Trade Index.
  • Woodcuts: frontispiece, illustrations, and tail-piece.
  • Frontispiece included in pagination.
  • Includes alphabet rhyme with title: The rhyming alphabet, or, Tom Thumb's delight.
  • First and last leaves pasted-down to wrappers.
  • First sentence: "Thrice happy is the married life As sages use to say, With mutual aid when man and wife agree to draw one way."
  • Includes 11 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Bound with 3 other works subsequent to publication, with binder's spine title: Chap Books. Bound with purple cloth over boards.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 12 x 6 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Readers (Primary)
Children's poetry.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Primers (Instructional books)
Alphabet rhymes.
Chapbooks -- England -- Chelmsford -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Books of Instruction
Call Number:
PN970 M37 P64 1815 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=7936
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_M37_P64_1815_003514919