The lion's masquerade. A sequel to the peacock at home

[ROSCOE, William - Imitations]. [DORSET, Catharine Ann Turner]. A LADY

Verlag: Printed for J. Harris, London, 1807

Beschreibung

16pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Stitched, as issued, within original publisher's buff pictorial paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, slightly creased, with a little surface loss to lower wrapper. Small pen trial to verso of one plate, very slight offsetting to text opposite engraved plates, else internally clean. A rare survivor in original wrappers of the first edition of a tale of the 'King of the Quadrupeds' in rhyming couplets for young children; the issue without mention of 'Harris's Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction' to upper wrapper. An imitation of William Roscoe's popular Butterfly's Ball (London, 1807), The Lion's Masquerade has long been attributed to Catherine Ann Dorset not least because it is described within the title as 'A sequel to the peacock at home'. As the advertisement to the lower wrapper of this present title noted, the series were immensely popular, 'purchased with avidity, and read with satisfaction'. Moon 214 (1A). Size: 16mo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ23869

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Titel: The lion's masquerade. A sequel to the ...

Verlag: Printed for J. Harris, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1807

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: First edition.