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The doll's casket.

Title: The doll's casket.
Publication: London : Printed by John Marshall, 140, Fleet Street, [between 1808 and 1828]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	Arents 02-626	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

Additional Authors

Marshall, John, printer.

Description

1 box; 14 x 10 x 6 cm.

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Genre/Form

Battledores.

Note

Title from cover of box.
Place of printing and name of printer from accompanying sheets.
For approximate date of publication, cf. Maxted, I. London book trades 1775-1800 (Marshall was at 140 Fleet Street 1808-1828).
Two accompanying sheets, "The Children's Printer to the Doll's Mamma" ([2] leaves) and "Contents of the Doll's Casket" ([1] leaf), were originally folded and laid in the box.
"Contents of the Doll's Casket: 12 Volumes of Pictures, 2 Battledores, 3 Packets of Beasts, 3 Packets of Birds, 4 Packets of Objects, A Portfolio of Landscapes, A Bag of Letters to make words with, A Pincushion with six black and six white pins, A Curious Map of the world"--Accompanying sheet.
Picture books ([14] leaves each) and battledores ([3] leaves each) contain hand-col. engravings; bound in glazed decorative paper boards. Prints are hand-col. engravings on stiff paper. Map, "A new and accurate map of the world," is engraved and hand-col. Items range in size from ca. 25 mm. to ca. 40 mm. (letters are smaller).
One book shows ill. of 2 pipes.
Contained in lacquered wooden box with sliding cover; engraved hand-col. ill. mounted on cover.

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