Evenings at home; or, The juvenile budget opened [electronic resource] : Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons. : Vol. I[-II].
- Author:
- Aikin, John, 1747-1822
- Published:
- Philadelphia : Printed by A. Bartram, 1802.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 18 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Subject(s):
- Note:
- By John Aikin and his sister Anna Letitia Barbauld.
Printed from the same setting of type as the "Second edition" printed by Thomas Dobson in 1797 (Evans 31698). The Dobson issue is 6 v. in 2, each of the six publisher's volumes having its own title page. In the copy in hand of the Bartram issue, the title leaves to v. 2, 3, and 5 (v. 1, p. [107-108]; v. 1, p. [215-216]; v. 2, p. [109-110]) and Dobson's advertisements have been excised, and the volume number on the title leaf to v. 4 changed from IV to II. The title leaf to v. 6, however, is present, and bears the Dobson, 1797 imprint.
Pagination, v. 1: iv, 106, [1], 110-214, [1], 218-330; v. 2: [2], 107, [2], 112-314 p.
This title may also be available on microopaque as part of the collection Early American imprints, Second series (New York: Readex Microprint Corp., 1964- ).
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Reproduction Note:
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1732).
- Reviewed/Cited In:
- Shaw, R.R. American bibliography 1732
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821, 25.4 - Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
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