A short history of birds & beasts, for the amusement and instruction of children :
adorned with cuts.

Description

Related Names

Lee, John, d. 1804
F. Houlston and Son

Language(s)

English

Published

Wellington : Printed by F. Houlston and Son, [between 1828 and 1840]

Subjects

Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Zoology > Zoology / Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / London > Chapbooks / England / London / 19th century.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / Wellington (Shropshire) > Chapbooks / England / Wellington (Shropshire) / 19th century.

Note

Includes 13 woodcuts.
First sentence: "The cock doth crow to let you know, If you be wise, what time to rise."
In publisher's greyish brown printed wrappers; publisher's advertisements on lower wrapper (7 titles, ending with "Gleanings from natural history").
Frontispiece and last leaf pasted down to wrappers.
Frontispiece included in pagination.
Frontispiece illustration signed "Lee"; attributed to the engraver John Lee.
"Price One Penny."
Probable date range based on publisher's years at address indicated in Osborne Coll. (p. 479).
Wrapper imprint: London : Printed for Houlston and Son, 65, Paternoster-Row; and at Wellington, Salop.

Physical Description

23, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 11 cm.

Locate a Print Version

Find in a library

Viewability