The Lilliputian masquerade. : Occasioned by the conclusion of peace between those potent nations, the Lilliputians and Tommy Thumbians. : [Two lines of verse].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Giles, active 1765.

Jones, Griffith, 1722-1786.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2538.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's stories.

Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.

Conduct of life.

Wit and humor, Juvenile.

Dwarfs--Juvenile fiction.

Dwarfs.

Masquerades--Juvenile fiction.

Masquerades.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1802.

Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Worcester.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

61 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 10 cm

Edition:

Third Worcester edition.

Place of Publication:

Worcester: (Massachusetts) : Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold wholesale and retail at his printing-office., April--1802.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to Giles Jones and his brother, Griffith, who collaborated on children's books known as the "Lilliputian histories." Cf. the Dictionary of national biography.

Pages [1] and [64] blank; pasted to Dutch paper wrapper.

"Children's books. Isaiah Thomas, Jun. has always for sale, a large and valuable collection of small books, calculated for children of all ages ... Booksellers may be supplied by the gross or thousand, on the shortest notice."--advertisement, p. [62].

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. 2538).

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