| Author | Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774.
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| Title | A pretty book of pictures for little masters and misses : or, Tommy Trip's history of beasts and birds with a familiar description of each in verse and prose, to which is prefix'd the history of little Tom Trip himself, of his dog Jouler, and of Woglog the great giant / written by Oliver Goldsmith for John Newbery, embellished with charming engravings on wood from the original blocks engraved by Thomas Bewick for T. Saint of Newcastle in 1779, with the history, adventures and seclusion of the said blocks for nearly 100 years set forth in a preface by the publisher.
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| Edition | 15th ed. |
| Published | London : Printed for, and published by, Edwin Pearson, Bewick's Repository, 64, St. Martin's Lane, Trafalgar Square, W.C., c1867 (London : J. Davy and Sons, printers, 137, Long Acre).
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| Description | [2], xvi, 124 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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| General Note | "Only 250 copies printed, inclusive of 25 copies specially illustrated with extra cuts, photographs, ms. notes, portraits, autographs, &c. &c. Two extra copies specially printed on thin writing vellum" -- T.p. verso.
Title page printed in red and black.
Frontispiece included in pagination.
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| Subjects | Animals -- Juvenile literature.
Children's literature.
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| Related Titles | Tommy Trip's history of beasts and birds.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: PZ 10.3 G624
mq31926: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 24807] |
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