Fun upon fun, or, The humours of a fair : giving a description of the curious amusements in early life : also an account of a mountebank doctor and his merry Andrew.
Bibliographic Citation:
Fun upon fun, or, The humours of a fair : giving a description of the curious amusements in early life : also an account of a mountebank doctor and his merry Andrew. Glasgow : Sold by J. Lumsden & Son, [between 1816 and 1820]
Contributor:
James Lumsden & Son, publisher.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Lumsden & Son, [between 1816 and 1820]
Notes:
  • First sentence: "HALLOO Boys! halloo Boys! Huzza! Huzza! Huzza!"
  • Includes 3 woodcuts; 7 etchings in sanguine.
  • Probable date of publication from Roscoe & Brimmell's Lumsden & Son of Glasgow as cited below.
  • Citations/References: Roscoe & Brimmell. Lumsden, 72
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Grey-green wrappers. Same cut on p.17 as on p.51 of Selection of stories. The Bewick Collector - Hugo - #318 - questionable, see Roscoe & Brimmell. Osborne - p.887. Lumsden - Roscoe & Brimmell - $72. Jo Ann Reisler. March/82. $225.00 Bromer. Boston - '95 - $385.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 98 x 63 mm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Miniature books -- Specimens.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Call Number:
PN970 L86 F8 1816 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.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8276
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_L86_F8_1816