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ID	12827
Title	Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. Ornamented with vignettes. Selected by a lady, from the writings of Mr. Pratt. The second edition.
Contributors	Pratt, Samuel Jackson (Author) Unknown, [Woman] (Compiler)
Signed Author	Selected by a lady, from the writings of Mr. Pratt.
Pseudonym
Firms	Thomas Norton Longman III (Publisher) Elizabeth Newbery (Publisher)
Self-published	No
Volumes	1
Pagination	viii, 147
Date of Publication	1798
Edition Statement	The Second Edition.
Edition Number	2
Date of First Publication	1798
Imprint	Printed for T. N. Longman, Paternoster-Row; and E. Newbery, St. Paul's Church-yard
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing	London GB

Format	Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm)	17
Width (cm)	10
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)	2
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)	24
Non-UK Price
Genre	Juvenile Literature
Sources	John Newbery and His Successors, 1750-1814 (S. Roscoe): J305(2) ESTC: T85823
Shelfmarks	BL 1076.g.34. NUTP LUL Traylen Osborne cat. p. 211 UCLA Welch Grant
Notes	BL manuscript note in 1807 edition attributes the role of compiler to Letitia Pilkington, presumably in error, as she died in 1750.
Hand-Verified	Yes
Verified	Yes
Attempted Verification	No

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Pratt, Samuel Jackson. Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. Ornamented with vignettes. Selected by a lady, from the writings of Mr. Pratt. The second edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 12827, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/12827. Accessed 2024-11-21.

Pratt, Samuel Jackson. Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. Ornamented with vignettes. Selected by a lady, from the writings of Mr. Pratt. The second edition. London: Thomas Norton Longman III, Elizabeth Newbery, 1798.

Pratt , S.J. (1798). Pity's gift: a collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. ornamented with vignettes. selected by a lady, from the writings of mr. pratt. the second edition. London: Thomas Norton Longman III. Elizabeth Newbery.

Pratt, Samuel J. Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. Ornamented with vignettes. Selected by a lady, from the writings of Mr. Pratt. The second edition. London: Thomas Norton Longman III, Elizabeth Newbery, 1798.

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  year={1798},
  title={Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. Ornamented with vignettes. Selected by a lady, from the writings of Mr. Pratt. The second edition.},
  publisher={Thomas Norton Longman III \& Elizabeth Newbery},
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