Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. From the writings of Mr. Pratt. Selected by a lady. The third edition.

ID 12828
Title Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. From the writings of Mr. Pratt. Selected by a lady. The third edition.
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Signed Author From the writings of Mr. Pratt. Selected by a lady.
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination viii, 147
Date of Publication 1801
Edition Statement
Edition Number 3
Date of First Publication 1798
Imprint Printed by C. Whittingham, Dean-Street, Fetter-Lane; for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row; and E. Newbery, St. Paul's Church-yard.
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 17
Width (cm) 10
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  • BM
  • Grey
  • Preston, cat. p. 94
  • Renier
  • Sotheby, 9.10.71, lot 443
  • BL Ch.800/18.
Notes BL manuscript note in 1807 edition attributes the role of compiler to Letitia Pilkington, presumably in error, as she died in 1750.
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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. From the writings of Mr. Pratt. Selected by a lady. The third edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 12828, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/12828. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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  author={Pratt,Samuel Jackson},
  year={1801},
  title={Pity's Gift: A collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation. From the writings of Mr. Pratt. Selected by a lady. The third edition.},
  publisher={Thomas Norton Longman And Owen Rees \& Elizabeth Newbery \& },
  address={London},    }

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