Research Catalog

Title

Fables ancient and modern. Adapted for the use of children from three to eight years of age. By Edward Baldwin, Esq. ...

Author

Godwin, William, 1756-1836.

Publication

London : Printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Hanway Street (opposite Soho Square), Oxford Street; and to be had of all booksellers [1805].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mulready, William, 1786-1863
• Hodgkins, Thomas
• McMillan, Buchanan, active 1784-1834

Description

2 v. : ill.; 16 cm.

Note

• [First edition.]
• "Adorned with thirty-six copper-plates."
• Illustrations by William Mulready.
• Publisher's advertisements: vol. 1, p. [207].
• Printer's imprint: "Printed by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden."
• Edward Baldwin = William Godwin.
• Godwin initially established his Juvenile Library in the name of Thomas Hodgkins, a man he employed to run the bookshop. When Hodgkins was discovered pilfering shop profits, Godwin managed to have him removed from the business, despite the fact that it legally belonged to Hodgkins. The company was soon reestablished under the name of Godwin's second wife, Mary Jane (cf. St. Clair's The Godwins and the Shelleys).

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Godwin, W. Fables ancient and modern. 1805)

OCLC

37244825

Author

Godwin, William, 1756-1836.

Title

Fables ancient and modern. Adapted for the use of children from three to eight years of age. By Edward Baldwin, Esq. ...

Imprint

London : Printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Hanway Street (opposite Soho Square), Oxford Street; and to be had of all booksellers [1805].

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Volume 1 only. -- With a penciled provenance note on the front free endpaper in the hand of Carl H. Pforzheimer I, dated Oct 1856, explaining the book was formerly in the Harvey Darton Collection and presented to Teacher's College in 1937. -- Bound in quarter red morocco with gilt spine titling, and original drab boards. Within orange morocco and yellow cloth clamshell case with gilt spine titling.

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Added Author

Mulready, William, 1786-1863, illustrator.

Hodgkins, Thomas, publisher.

McMillan, Buchanan, active 1784-1834, printer.

Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, annotator.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Godwin, W. Fables ancient and modern. 1805)