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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Humorous Story Of Mrs Gilpin's Return From Edmonton: Being The Sequel To Johnny Gilpin, Illustrated With Humorous Engravings On Copperplate |
| Date | 1823-1825 |
| Record ID | 532649 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | Reserve 1823 12 |
| Theme | Gender and Sex Temperance and Addiction Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Poetry Wit and humor Overweight persons Dinners and dining |
| Genre | Fiction Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Lemoine, Henry (1756-1812) |
| Publisher | Morgan & Yeager |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Cowper, William (1731-1800) Charles, William (1776-1820) |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Intaglio prints Hand colored illustrations Printed wrappers (Binding) Juvenile literature--1823 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Ballads Poems--1823 Ornate types (Type evidence) |
| Size | 15, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm |
| Page Numbers | 15, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates: ill. 14 cm |
| Additional Notes | Philadelphia: Published by Morgan & Yeager, at their Juvenile Bookstore. Price 25 cents coloured, 18 cents plain., [between and 1823 and 1825] |
| Catalog Notes | In verse. Cover title. Reissue of the sheets of: The humourous story of Mrs. Gilpin's return from Edmonton. Being the sequel to Johnny Gilpin. Philadelphia: Published and sold wholesale, by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1815. Price, plain, 18 3-4 cents. Coloured, 25 cents. Attributed to Henry Lemoine by bibliographer d'AlteÌ A. Welch. Plates probably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 8. The plates are 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. |
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