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The world turn'd upside down; or, The wonderful magic lantern : illustrated with whimsical engravings.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 51098. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 51098.
- Standardized Title:
- Topsy-Turvy's wonderful magic lantern
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's poetry.
- Picture books for children.
- Wit and humor--Juvenile poetry.
- Wit and humor.
- School children--Juvenile poetry.
- School children.
- Animals--Juvenile poetry.
- Animals.
- Occupations--Juvenile poetry.
- Occupations.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1814.
- Fantasy literature -- 1814.
- Poems -- 1814.
- Publishers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Fiction.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 32 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. Price 18 3 4 cents. 1811. W. M'Culloch, printer., [1811]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- The world turn'd upside down
- The dunce turn'd scholar
- The mare turn'd farrier
- The ass turned miller
- The horse turned driver
- Children at war, and cats and dogs at peace
- The hogs' court of inquiry
- Birds turned fowlers.
- Notes:
- Poems by Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor, and Isaac Taylor (possibly Rev. Isaac Taylor or Isaac Taylor, Jr.).
- Originally published under title Signor Topsy-Turvy's wonderful magic lantern (London, 1810).
- Cover has publication date of 1814.
- Plates included in pagination.
- Errors in paging: pages 14, 18 misnumbered 18, 20. Pages p. [20] and [21] are blank.
- Metal engravings presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 11.
- "Of Wm. Charles, may also be had, recently published ..."--advertisement, back cover.
- 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. 51098).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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