Evenings at Home; or The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. By Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin. In Three Volumes. Fourth American Edition.

ID 16298
Title Evenings at Home; or The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. By Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin. In Three Volumes. Fourth American Edition.
Contributors
Signed Author By Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin.
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Self-published No
Volumes 3
Pagination I iv, [1], 6-204; II 209, [3]; III 174, [3], 176-192, [2]
Date of Publication 1828
Edition Statement Fourth American Edition.
Edition Number 4
Date of First Publication
Imprint Thomas T. Ash, 139, Chesnut Street.
Colophon R. Wright, printer.
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes Publication date tentative—probably between 1828 and 1831.
AAS notes:
Includes fables, fairy tales, dialogues, allegories, and poems.
According to extant Philadelphia city directories, Thomas T. Ash published at 139 Chestnut Street from 1828 to 1831. Robert Wright printed in Philadelphia between 1823 and 1850. No directory for 1832 could be located.
Pagination: "Vol.I.--No.I.": iv, [1], 6-204 p., [14] leaves of plates. "Vol.II.--No.XI.": 209, [3] p., [10] leaves of plates. Vol.III.--No.XXI.": 174, [3], 176-192, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates. (Last page blank.) Volume statements transcribed from end of each title page inscription.
Plates engraved on metal.
American Antiquarian Society copy A volumes rebound in marbled boards with leather spine. Edges stippled. Volume 2 lacks p. 77-80. Vol. 1 inscribed: D.J. Dunn, a child book of his father's. Vol. 2 inscribed: Robinson P. Dunn. Vol. 3 bears reader's scribblings.
American Antiquarian Society copy B has v. 2 only; plates hand-colored, probably under the direction of the publisher; p. 39-[44] inserted twice; lacks p. 17-20 and one leaf of plates; p. 151-152 mutilated. According to the book dealer Harold Gordon, this copy came from the family of Elizabeth Houston Hawes, Ridgewood, N.J. Inscribed: Catharine R. Smith from her father; Elizabeth H. Smith from her grandmother 1847; Elizabeth S. Hawes from affectionate grand-mother 1886. Adopted by Valerie Cunningham, 2014.
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Aikin, John, Barbauld, Anna Laetitia. Evenings at Home; or The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. By Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin. In Three Volumes. Fourth American Edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16298, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16298. Accessed 2024-11-05. 

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