A Pleasing toy for children.
Bibliographic Citation:
A Pleasing toy for children. Concord, N.H. : Published by R. Merrill., 1843.
Alternative Title:
Gift
Contributor:
Merrill, Rufus, 1803-1891, publisher.
Publisher:
Published by R. Merrill., 1843.
Notes:
  • Caption title: The gift.
  • At head of wrapper title: No. 10.
  • Variant editions noted; this one has "The alphabet" on p. [2] and a description of butterflies on p. [3]; another edition has "The alphabet versified" on p. [2] and a picture of an open Bible on p. [3].
  • Butterfly woodcut on p. [3].
  • Publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper.
  • First sentence: "Of butterflies there are many kinds."
  • Includes 9 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: with an alphabet and 7 woodcuts in text. Buff decorated wrappers. St. Nicholas Books, Toronto. Jan/80. $12.50. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 85 x 57 mm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Picture books for children.
Animals.
Children -- Books and reading.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Publishers' advertisements -- New Hampshire -- Concord.
Chapbooks -- New Hampshire -- Concord -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Books of Instruction
Call Number:
PN970 M477 P5 1843 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:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en_US. For information, please contact Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library.
Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8297
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_M477_P5_1843