Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened. Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. Second Edition.

ID 16303
Title Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened. Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons. Second Edition.
Contributors
Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Self-published No
Volumes 2
Pagination I iv, 330, 2; II iv, 314, [2]
Date of Publication 1797
Edition Statement Second Edition.
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Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed by T. Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, S. Second-Street.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 18
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Notes AAS notes:
Attributed to John Aikin and his sister Anna Letitia Barbauld. Cf. Dictionary of national biography.
Signatures: v. 1, [A]² B-2E⁶ 2F⁴; v. 2, [A]² B-2D⁶ 2E².
Vol. 1: iv, 330, 2 p.; v. 2: iv, 314, [2] p. Vol. 1 contains publisher's volumes 1-3; v. 2, publisher's volumes 4-6, each with separate title page.
Bookseller's advertisements, v. 1, 2 p. at end; v. 2, p. [315-316].
Evans, C. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Felcone, J.J. New Jersey books, 1698-1800,
English short title catalogue,
American Antiquarian Society Dated Books copy has bookplates of Atkinson Academy Library. Vol. 1 inscribed: William Smith [his] book.
American Antiquarian Society Bindings Collection copy p. 135-136, 227-228 mutilated. The gift of Harriet E. Clarke, 2 Feb. 1937.
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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. Second Edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16303, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16303. Accessed 2025-05-17. 

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