New Gift for Children storybook, 1762
Permanent ID:
14214Call number:
Am 1762 NewDate:
1762Image Description:
A small children's book contain morality stories and woodcut illustrations, many of which do not correspond to the contents of the stories. The woodcuts depicting the following: King George the Third; Queen Charlotte; two duelers and a dove flying overhead; a woman wearing a tri-corner hat and holding a musket; a mother and child; a bear; a zodiac wheel; a woman reclining while playing a harp in the forest; a man standing and leaning back; and the Angel of Death Flying over the Great Boston Fire.This digital record contains images that depict the entire described volume.
Inscription:
A NEW GIFT FOR CHILDREN: Containing Delightful and Entertaining STORIES In TWO PARTS;VIZ.
1. The Dutiful Child.
2. The Thief.
3. The Generosity of confessing a Fault.
4. The two good Friends.
5. The Rewards of Virtue.
SECOND PART.
6. The Good Boy.
7. The Good Girl.
8. The Proud Play-mate.
9. The good Girl and the pretty Girl.
10. The meanly proud Girl.
11. The Trifler.
12. The undutiful Child.
13. The lost Child.
14. The Advantages of Truth.
15. Of Tommy Fido.
The FOURTH EDITION Adorn'd with CUTS.
Boston ; New England : Printed and Solde by Fowle & Draper, in Marlboro' - Street. M,DCC,LXII.
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