Entertaining Fables for the Instruction of Children
- Wraps
- Irongate, Derby: J. Drewry, 1790
Irongate, Derby: J. Drewry, 1790. Wraps. Fine. 12mo. 16pp. Illustrated with 12 woodcuts. Self wrappers. Likely the first edition. Uncut and unbound: A single sheet printed on both sides, folded for binding, but never cut or bound. Rare in this condition.
Osborne ascribed a date of c. 1790, a similar book under the same title was printed in the United States by Isaiah Thomas, 1794 (Welch, #173). Osborne. p. 3.
In fine condition with only a trace of aging. Housed in a custom clamshell case.
Details
Title
Entertaining Fables for the Instruction of Children
Author
(Chap Book)
Binding
Wraps
Condition
Fine
Publisher
J. Drewry: Irongate, Derby
Date
1790