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Tommy Thumb's pretty song-book : the first collection of English nursery rhymes : a facsimile edition with a history and annotations / by Andrea Immel & Brian Alderson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio PZ8.3.I5 Tom 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Immel, Andrea, author.
- Alderson, Brian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's literature--Facsimiles.
- Children's literature, English--Early works to 1800.
- Children's literature--History and criticism.
- Children's literature.
- Nursery rhymes, English--History and criticism.
- Nursery rhymes, English.
- Children's literature, English.
- Genre:
- Facsimiles.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Immel, Andrea (donor)
- Physical Description:
- cloth box containing 4 volumes (xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 121 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4 unnumbered pages, 59 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 2 unnumbered pages, 64 pages ; 2 unnumbered pages, 64 pages) : illustrated ; 33 cm
- Other Title:
- Pretty song-book
- Tommy Thumb's song book
- Pretty-book
- Nurse Lovechild's legacy
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Cotsen Occasional Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- Facsimiles of Newbery's "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song-Book" (1744), one of the most famous children's books, Isaiah Thomas's "Tommy Thumb's Song Book," and George Bickham's "The Pretty-Book," accompanied by a separate volume by Andrea Immel and Brian Alderson, "Nurse Lovechild's Legacy," with an extended critical essay, annotations for the facsimiles, notes, and illustrations.
- Notes:
- A limited edition of 500 copies.
- "Nurse Lovechild's Legacy" measures 22 cm, while the 3 children's miniature facsimile titles are each 92 mm.
- Local Notes:
- Individual titles in publisher's gilt-stamped embossed cloth, within a gilt-stamped lavender cloth-covered box.
- ISBN:
- 9780615678764
- 0615678769
- OCLC:
- 842884884
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