Pearson, W. (inscription) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
Canston(?), C. (inscription) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
Physical Description:
168 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 18 cm.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for J. Harris, 1804.
Contents:
Reliance on Providence
The fair
The mendicant
The visitor
The lesson
Scandal
Eliza and Fanny
The Negro
The parish girl.
Notes:
Woodcut title vignette.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Howard Weiss Memorial Fund.
Singer-Mendenhall copy has ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on back pastedown.
Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Stuart Bennett.
Singer-Mendenhall copy has partially illegible dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription ("The gift of the Revd. W. Pearson to Mast. C. Canston[?] for speaking well at Mids[...] 1809") on front free endpaper.
Singer-Mendenhall copy: woodcut title vignette hand-colored in green and yellow by a reader.
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