McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The children in the wood : a tale for the nursery : with copper-plates. London : William Darton, Jun., 1819 [i.e. 1821].

Contributor:

Darton, William, 1781-1854

Publisher:

William Darton, Jun., 1819 [i.e. 1821].

Notes:

A prose version.
First sentence: "A great many years ago there lived in the county of Norfolk a gentleman and his lady."
Includes 5 copper plates.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: folding copper engraved frontispiece; 4 full-page plates; 1819 on title-page, 1821 on card cover; yellow wrappers. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. Oct/2002.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 14 x 9 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Abandoned children -- Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose

Call Number:

PN970 D37 C4 1819 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke 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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8197

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_D37_C4_1819