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 Two Volumes.

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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 Two Volumes.
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Signed Author By Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin.
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Volumes 2
Pagination I iv, ii, 3-348; II vi, 330
Date of Publication 1813
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Imprint Published by Cummings and Hilliard.
Colophon Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf.
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Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS notes:
Vol. 1: iv, ii, 3-348 p.; v. 2: vi [i.e., iv], 330 p.
Error in paging: v. 2, p. iv misnumbered vi.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
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American Antiquarian Society copy A in dark brown leather binding with black lettering piece and marbled endpapers. Vol. 2 has p. 239-240 misbound after p. 252; p. 273-274 misbound after p. 276; p. 289-290 misbound after p. 292. Vol. 2 bears ink stamp of S.W. Robinson. Inscribed: Simon W. Robinson.
American Antiquarian Society copy B lacks v. 2. Vol. 1 (14 cm.) lacks title leaf, p. 181-182, and p. 345-348; p. 313-314 mutilated. In light brown leather binding with red lettering piece. Pages 229-240 misbound after p. 244. Bears reader's annotations.
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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 Two Volumes.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16299, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16299. Accessed 2025-05-12. 

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  year={1813},
  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 Two Volumes.},
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