Day, a pastoral : in three parts, viz. morning, noon, and evening. To which is added, The stubborn dame.
Bibliographic Citation:
Cunningham, John, 1729-1773. Day, a pastoral : in three parts, viz. morning, noon, and evening. To which is added, The stubborn dame. Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison, [ca. 1814]
Alternative Title:
Stubborn dame
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, [ca. 1814]
Notes:
  • Published ca. 1814 according to: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Public Libraries. Bewick Collection. Catalogue of the Bewick Collection (Pease Bequest). Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1904. Published ca. 1825 according to the British Museum Catalogue.
  • The stubborn dame does not seem to be by John Cunningham.
  • "Thirty-two engravings"
  • Wood engravings by Thomas Bewick.
  • First sentence: "In the barn the tenant cock, Close to partlet perch'd on high, Briskly crows, (the shepherd's clock!) Jocund that the morning's nigh."
  • Includes 30 woodcuts.
  • First and last leaves pasted to wrappers.
  • Contents: Morning -- Noon -- Evening -- The stubborn dame.
  • One copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: buff pictorial wrappers. Osborne - p.631. Life & Works of Thomas Bewick - Thomas -p.275. Illustrators of Children's Books - Mahoney et al - p.391. The Bewick Collector - Hugo - #306. I. Mackenzie. Montreal. Dec/62. $15.00. Jo ann Reisler. Vienna, Va. - '94 - $500.00. Sotheran, London - 2000 - £998. Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: one of 3 titles bound together, in a set of 3 volumes. The above is from Volume III, bound in with A Natural history of fishes and A Natural history of reptiles, serpents, and insects and Day: Fishes, Reptiles, Day, 1824. Numerous wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. 3/4 leather, marbled paper over boards.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 14 x 9 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
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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Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_3_003376317