My Governess : A Poem: Illustrated With Engravings Pamphlet. 1823-1825
- Published
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, Philadelphia : Morgan & Yeager, 2020.
- Physical Description
- 6 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations ; 13 cm
- Additional Creators
- Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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- Summary
- "Cover title. Metal-engraved text and illustrations probably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 9. Illustrations of copy in hand 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 also be had, the following little poems. ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper."
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- Note
- AMDigital Reference:528107
- Original Version
- Reproduction of: My Governess : A Poem: Illustrated With Engravings , 1823-1825
- Location of Originals
- American Antiquarian Society
- Copyright Note
- Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved.
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