McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Thornton, Henry, 1760-1815. Sunday reading, on the religious advantages of the present inhabitants of Great Britain. London : Sold by J. Marshall, (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) No. 17, Queen-Street, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard : And R. White, Piccadilly ; Bath : By S. Hazard, (printer to the Cheap Repository) : And by all Booksellers, newsmen, and Hawkers in town and country, [ca. 1795]

Alternative Title:

On the religious advantages of the present inhabitants of Great Britain

Creator:

Thornton, Henry, 1760-1815.

Contributor:

Marshall, John, printer.
White, R. prt
Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806. prt

Publisher:

Sold by J. Marshall, (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) No. 17, Queen-Street, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard : [ca. 1795]

Notes:

Title from cover.
Attributed to Henry Thornton. cf. Blanch, A.M. A reassessment of the authorship of the cheap repository tracts, p. 18.
Imprint date from Spinney, cited below.
Differs from Spinney (24b), having cross on church in ill. and not having advertisement list; "part I" does not appear in title.
Woodcut: Title page vignette, tailpiece.
Series statement in Roman type surrounded by printer's ornaments.
"Price an halfpenny each."
First sentence: "It has often been observed by travellers that an Englishman can have no just idea of the superior comforts which he enjoys in his own country, until he has been abroad."
Includes 2 woodcuts.
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 24b [variant]
Citations/References: ESTC T48866

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 16 x 10 cm

Language:

English

Subject:

Christianity -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Great Britain -- Religion -- Early works to 1800.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 18th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 C52 no.24c Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8015

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_C52_no_24c