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ID	19894
Title	The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Somerville. To which are added, Good natured credulity.--Tenderness to mothers--Sloth contrasted with industry--The linnet's nest.--The oak.
Contributors	Somerville, Elizabeth (Author) Taylor (later Gilbert), Ann (Author)
Signed Author	By Elizabeth Somerville.
Pseudonym
Firms	James Wilson [No. 105, Market Street] (Printer) James Wilson [No. 105, Market Street] (Bookseller)
Self-published	No
Volumes	1
Pagination	36
Date of Publication	1813
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication
Imprint	Printed and sold by James Wilson. No. 105, Market Street.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing	Wilmington US

Format
Length (cm)	14
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
Genre	Fiction
Sources	American Antiquarian Society: 307219 America's Historical Imprints II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819: 29827
Shelfmarks
Notes	AAS Notes: Reprinted from her The village maid, New York, 1803. "My mother."--poem by Ann Taylor, p. 30-31. Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821, Upgraded American Antiquarian Society copy p. 35-36 mutilated.
Hand-Verified	No
Verified	Yes
Attempted Verification	No

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Somerville, Elizabeth, Taylor (later Gilbert), Ann. The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Somerville. To which are added, Good natured credulity.--Tenderness to mothers--Sloth contrasted with industry--The linnet's nest.--The oak.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19894, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19894. Accessed 2025-10-26.

Somerville, Elizabeth and Ann Taylor (later Gilbert). The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Somerville. To which are added, Good natured credulity.--Tenderness to mothers--Sloth contrasted with industry--The linnet's nest.--The oak. Wilmington: 1813.

Somerville , E., & Taylor (later Gilbert) , A. (1813). The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. by elizabeth somerville. to which are added, good natured credulity.--tenderness to mothers--sloth contrasted with industry--the linnet's nest.--the oak. Wilmington:

Somerville, Elizabeth, and Ann Taylor (later Gilbert). The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Somerville. To which are added, Good natured credulity.--Tenderness to mothers--Sloth contrasted with industry--The linnet's nest.--The oak. Wilmington: 1813.

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