Charlotte, or, The pleasing companion, for young misses. Written by a lady. With beautiful engravings.

ID 19900
Title Charlotte, or, The pleasing companion, for young misses. Written by a lady. With beautiful engravings.
Contributors
Signed Author Written by a lady.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 68
Date of Publication 1803
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Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed for T.B. Jansen & Co. booksellers and stationers, No. 248, Pearl-Street.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing New York US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 15
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
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Notes AAS Notes:
By Elizabeth Somerville. Reprinted from her The village maid, New York, 1803.
Errors in paging: p. 65, 67 misnumbered 46, 46.
Wood-engraved plates signed: Anderson [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
"T.B. Jansen & Co. at their book and stationary store ... have for sale ..."--advertisement, p. [69-71].
"T.B. Jansen & Co. booksellers. ... have for sale ..."--advertisement for stationery items, p. [72].
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,
Princeton University. Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1670-1870 (1968 edition),
Upgraded
American Antiquarian Society copy the gift of Charles Henry Taylor, 1934. Fourth plate hand-colored, probably by a former owner. Inscribed: Abigail Wood Northey, presented her, by her affectionate mother for her great improvement in reading; Mary H. Northey.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Somerville, Elizabeth. Charlotte, or, The pleasing companion, for young misses. Written by a lady. With beautiful engravings.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19900, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19900. Accessed 2025-11-06. 

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  author={Somerville,Elizabeth},
  year={1803},
  title={Charlotte, or, The pleasing companion, for young misses. Written by a lady. With beautiful engravings.},
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  address={New York},    }

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