The peacock "at home:" or, Grand assemblage of birds. Written by Roscoe. Illustrated with elegant engravings.

ID 17161
Title The peacock "at home:" or, Grand assemblage of birds. Written by Roscoe. Illustrated with elegant engravings.
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Signed Author Written by Roscoe.
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 16
Date of Publication 1814
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Imprint Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1814. W. M'Culloch, printer.
Colophon
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 14
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Notes AAS Notes:
In verse. Attributed by Welch to Catherine Ann Turner Dorset. The attribution to "Roscoe" refers to William Roscoe, author of "The butterfly's ball." "The peacock 'at home'" was published as a sequel to that work.
Plates probably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 10.
Frontispiece plate of "Valentine's Day" features a cherub with pairs of birds.
"Price 18 3/4 cents."--at foot of p. [1] of wrapper.
"Of Wm. Charles, may be also had, recently published ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Early American children's books,
Upgraded
American Antiquarian Society copy bound with: The Cats concert (Philadelphia: William Charles, 1810). Lacks one plate; the frontispiece was "inserted from another, AAS, copy, 21 Sep. 1973."
Hand-Verified No
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Dorset, Catherine Anne Turner, Roscoe, William. The peacock "at home:" or, Grand assemblage of birds. Written by Roscoe. Illustrated with elegant engravings.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17161, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17161. Accessed 2025-11-15.

Dorset, Catherine, A., T., and William Roscoe. The peacock "at home:" or, Grand assemblage of birds. Written by Roscoe. Illustrated with elegant engravings. Philadelphia: William Charles, 1814. 

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  author={Dorset,Catherine Anne Turner and Roscoe,William},
  year={1814},
  title={The peacock "at home:" or, Grand assemblage of birds. Written by Roscoe. Illustrated with elegant engravings.},
  publisher={William Charles \& },
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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