The Parent's Assistant or Stories for Children. In Three Volumes. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, Moral Tales, Early Lessons, &c.

ID 17303
Title The Parent's Assistant or Stories for Children. In Three Volumes. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, Moral Tales, Early Lessons, &c.
Contributors
Signed Author By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, Moral Tales, Early Lessons, &c.
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Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 3
Pagination I ?; II [4], 26, [2], 42, [2], 67, [1], 20, 92; III ?
Date of Publication 1810
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Imprint Published by Munroe and Francis. no. 4, Cornhill.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Boston US
Format
Length (cm) 15
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Notes Publication date tentative (between 1810 and 1814 or 1816 and 1824)
AAS notes:
Munroe & Francis was located at 4 Cornhill, Boston, from 1810 to 1814 and from 1816 to 1824.
"Munroe & Francis' edition."--v. 2, p. 92, final count.
Vol. 2: [4], 26, [2], 42, [2], 67, [1], 20, 92 p., [3] leaves of plates.
Wood-engraved plate for Old Poz (v. 2, third plate) signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson]. Cf. Jane R. Pomeroy's Alexander Anderson, entry 659 whicht describes a separate edition of Old Poz by Munroe & Francis. The other plates are probably by Anderson,
"Munroe and Francis ... have printed a uniform edition of Miss Edgeworth's stories for children. Which may be had separately at the following prices, or bound in 3 vols. at $2,25. ..."--advertisement, v. 2, opposite p. 26 of The birth-day present.
"Works by Mrs. Hofland, for sale by Munroe & Francis ..."--advertisement, v. 2, opposite p. 42 of Mademoiselle Panache.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870,
Vol. 2. The birth-day present -- Mademoiselle Panache -- The barring out; or, Party spirit -- Old Poz -- The little merchants.
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy has volume 2 only; v. 2 plates mutilated; lacks p. 15-16, sixth count; has cloth dust jacket over boards with leather spine. Inscribed: S.S. book; Given to A.S.W. [i.e., Antiquarian Society, Worcester?] by sexton of Old Unitarian Church, Brooklyn, Conn. when visiting it on July 1934 with Abiel B. Willson.
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Edgeworth, Maria. The Parent's Assistant or Stories for Children. In Three Volumes. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, Moral Tales, Early Lessons, &c.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17303, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17303. Accessed 2025-10-30. 

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  author={Edgeworth,Maria},
  year={1810},
  title={The Parent's Assistant or Stories for Children. In Three Volumes. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, Moral Tales, Early Lessons, &c.},
  publisher={Munroe and Francis [4 Cornhill]},
  address={Boston},    }

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