McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The sleeping beauty. Ardrossan : Arthur Guthrie, [between 1864 and 1892]

Alternative Title:

Sleeping Beauty. English.

Contributor:

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Belle au bois dormant. English.

Publisher:

Arthur Guthrie, [between 1864 and 1892]

Notes:

Undated. Date suggested by publisher records in BLC.
"Old style series"-- p. 1 of wrapper.
List of titles in "Old style series of the old favourites" on p. 4 of wrapper.
First sentence: "Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who had no children, which made them very unhappy."
Includes 2 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: black & white frontispiece; 1 cut in text. Green pictorial wrappers. I. Mackenzie. Montreal. May/60. $2.00.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 15 x 10 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Fairy tales.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Ardrossan -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose

Call Number:

PN970 G8 S5 1864 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=8236

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_G8_S5_1864