John Newbery and his successors, 1740-1814; - Hardcover

Roscoe, S

9780903838009: John Newbery and his successors, 1740-1814;

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0903838001 ISBN 13: 9780903838009

Publisher: Five Owls Press, 1973

Physical description; xxxi, 461 p., 35 p. of plates : ill. (1 col.), facsims., map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Case binding of brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket with publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece of Dutch floral paper pasted onto page. Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxxi) and indexes. Contents; Frontispiece is a half-tone reproduction, printed in five colours, of a piece of Dutch floral paper in the possession of S. Roscoe. Includes author's preface, dated March 1973. Subjects; Newbery, John (1713-1767). Newbery family. Newbery, John bap. 1713, d. 1767 publisher. Newbery, Firm, Publisher, London. Children's literature - Bibliography - Catalogs. Children's literature, English - Bibliography - Catalogs. Children - Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 18th century. Children - Books and reading - Great Britain - History - 19th century. Children's literature. Early printed books. Bibliographies. Bookselling and publishing - British Isles - 1700-1749.

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