The peacock "at home:" or, Grand assemblage of birds. / Written by Roscoe. ; Illustrated with elegant engravings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner, 1750?-1817?

Contributor:

Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.

Charles, William, 1776-1820, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31352.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's poetry.

Picture books for children.

Birds--Juvenile poetry.

Birds.

Parties--Juvenile poetry.

Parties.

Angels.

Valentine's Day.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1814.

Poems -- 1814.

Publishers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Fiction.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

16 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1814. W. M'Culloch, printer., [1814]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

In verse. Attributed by Welch to Catherine Ann Turner Dorset. The attribution to "Roscoe" refers to William Roscoe, author of "The butterfly's ball." "The peacock 'at home'" was published as a sequel to that work.

"Illustrated with eight plates."--p. [1] of wrapper. The statement is mistaken; there are only seven plates. Plates probably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 10.

Frontispiece plate of "Valentine's Day" features a cherub with pairs of birds.

"Price 18 3/4 cents."--at foot of p. [1] of wrapper.

"Of Wm. Charles, may be also had, recently published ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31352).

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