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Sketches of Mr. Mathews's celebrated trip to America : comprising a full account of his admirable lecture on peculiarities, characters, and manners : with the most laughable of the stories and adventures, and eight original comic songs ... / embellished with four elegant engravings by Cruickshanks.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, James, 1775-1839.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English wit and humor.
- Travel--Humor.
- Travel.
- Songs, English--Texts.
- Songs, English.
- Penn Provenance:
- Perrin, Oliver W. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 24 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by and for J. Limbird ..., [1824?]
- Notes:
- Text prepared for Mathews by James Smith, cf. DNB 18:466.
- Without the music.
- Front. with engraved initials, "R.C. fecit."
- Two issues published, one with "Cruikshanks" on t.p. and "Trip to America, p. [2] in open face type, the other with "Cruickshank" on t.p., and "Trip to America," p. [2], in black boldface, cf. refs.
- Local Notes:
- RBC has First issue.
- Bound with: Mathews, Charles. Sketches from Mr. Mathews at home. London : Printed for the booksellers, 1822. (Item 4 of 7)
- Cited in:
- Rosenbach, A.S.W. Widener cat., p. 229
- NUC pre-1956, 369:215
- Contains:
- Mathews's trip to America.
- OCLC:
- 6461541
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