Author: Barbauld, Mrs. [Anna Letitia] (1743-1825).
Title: Stories of the Months. By Mrs. Barbauld.
Description: Boston: Edward Livermore, 1853. 1853. - Sextodecimo, 5-5/8 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Pictorial peach boards backed with a red cloth spine, titled and illustrated in black on the front cover with a pictorial ad on the rear cover. The covers are rubbed & stained. 72 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, pictorial title, 10 full-page and profuse textual wood engravings and vignettes attributed to Alonzo Hartwell. There is staining & foxing throughout. Good. Uncommon in boards. In addition to "Stories of the Months", the contents include "About Quadrupeds", "About Birds that Swim in the Water", "What the Sun Says", "What the Moon Says", "Story of the Two Cocks", "About the Three Cakes", "Hymn of Praise to God", and "The Chicken". Good .

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; STORIES OF THE MONTHS; MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; JUVENILE LITERATURE; ALONZO HARTWELL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ABOUT QUADRUPEDS; BIRDS THAT SWIM IN THE WATER; WHAT THE SUN SAYS; WHAT


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