Maria, or the ever-blooming flower. (A tale for young ladies.) Adorned with cuts.

ID 19915
Title Maria, or the ever-blooming flower. (A tale for young ladies.) Adorned with cuts.
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Signed Author Anonymous
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 30
Date of Publication 1818
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Imprint Sidney's Press. New-Haven.
Colophon
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Length (cm) 11
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Notes AAS Notes:
By Elizabeth Somerville. Reprinted from her The village maid, New York, 1803. The text is very similar to Charles Masson's Elmina.
In metal-engraved pictorial wrapper; front cover engraving depicts a soldier; back cover engraving depicts a little boy drumming. Engravings printed in blue ink.
First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper.
Wood engraving on p. 30 is by Alexander Anderson; cf. Pomeroy.
"Morning."--poem, p. 29-30.
"Books. School books--of every kind in common use. Books for children--the variety unbounded. In boxes assorted, they are offered to booksellers ten per cent lower than they can be imported. Stationary--almost every article, that can be wanted in schools and academies. Sold wholesale & retail, by John Babcock and Son, Church Street, N. Haven. Cash paid for rags."--advertisement, p. [31].
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,
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American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Maryann Pomeroy's, present from a worthy friend Miss Sally Forbes, Buckland, in the year 1820.
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Somerville, Elizabeth. Maria, or the ever-blooming flower. (A tale for young ladies.) Adorned with cuts.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19915, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19915. Accessed 2024-11-22. 

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