Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The village maid, or, Dame Burton's moral stories for the instruction and amusement of youth, by Elizabeth Somerville.
Call Number
Hamilton 223s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/n583xz77b
Publisher
New-York, Printed for T.B. Jansen & Co., 1803.
Language
English
Date Created
1803
Extent
144 p. ill., front. 14 cm.
Provenance
Wood engraved bookplate of "George W. Seaward, Portsmouth, N.H.", p. 2 of cover.
Illegible inscriptions, in ink, on second and third fly-leaf. Inscribed "George Seaward & John Seaward's book, 1805, Portsmouth"--in ink, on fourth fly-leaf recto and "Suzannah Seaward, book, 1805"--in ink, on frontispiece recto. Also inscribed "No. 24 Portsmouth, N. Hampshire - the property of George W. Seaward & John Seaward, 1805"--in ink, on last fly-leaf verso.
References
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 223
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Contains 8 full wood engravings singed "Anderson".
Binding Note
Original boards covered with marbled papers, and leather back.

Discovery Information

Subject
Children's books—19th century
Fiction

Physical Characteristics

File Count
176

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/469a8d12-18fd-4acf-9ff0-8a7afa68f7e4/manifest