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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Deserted Boy; or, Cruel Parents: A Tale of Truth: Calculated to Promote Benevolence in Children: Illustrated With Engravings |
| Date | 1823-1825 |
| Record ID | 531344 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | Reserve 1823 33 |
| Theme | Poverty, Debt and Welfare Family and Relationships Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Boys Beggars Child abuse Charity Parent and child Women as authors |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Horwood |
| Publisher | Morgan & Yeager |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Charles, William (1776-1820) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Intaglio prints Hand colored illustrations Printed wrappers (Binding) Stained edges (Binding) Printed waste (Binding) Juvenile literature--1823 Poems--1823 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
| Size | 12 p., [4] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 14 cm |
| Page Numbers | 12 p., [4] leaves of plates : col. ill. 14 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title: The deserted boy; or Cruel parents. A moral tale. Embellished with beautiful engravings. By Miss Horwood. Philadelphia: published and sold by Morgan & Yeager. Price plain, 12 1/2 cents--coloured, 18 3/4 cents. Metal engravings probably by William Charles; not listed in Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932. Illustrations hand-colored. William Charles died on Aug. 29, 1820, and the business continued by his wife, Mary Charles, until her death on Jan. 25, 1823. An advertisement published in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pa.), Dec. 18, 1823, p. 3, announced that Morgan & Yeager was selling children's books from the stock of William Charles' widow Mary, and of the firm's intent to publish children's books. Morgan & Yeager published in Philadelphia from 1823 to 1825. "Of Morgan & Yeager, may be had the following juvenile books ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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