The courtship & marriage of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren. Illustrated with elegant engravings.

ID 20811
Title The courtship & marriage of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren. Illustrated with elegant engravings.
Contributors
Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 13
Date of Publication 1809
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1809
Imprint Published and sold by Johnson & Warner, and may be had of all the book-sellers.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 13
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Notes From AAS: Pictures with verse.
Cover title.
Based upon a London edition published by J. Harris in 1806 with title: The happy courtship, merry marriage, and pic nic dinner, of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren.
A very similar issue was published in 1808 by William Charles, and probably engraved by him. Not included in the list of children's books published or illustrated by William Charles in Harry B. Weiss' William Charles: early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books (New York: New York Public Library, 1932).
According to Welch, "the plates used in 212.1 and 212.2 appear in a book without a title page and having brown paper covers [AAS Copy B]. The book is considered part of a publisher's remainder which was considered to be printed in 1820. While the date is still in question it is possible that the book is part of a remainder printed by Johnson and Warner in 1809."
Picture captions: Robin in love. Courtship. Jenny's consent. Robin informs the cock. Proclaiming the marriage. The rook and lark. Going to church. Jenny and attendants. Robin and the bullfinch. General assemblage. Marriage ceremony. Ceremony continued. Putting on the ring.
"[Lydia R.] Bailey printed the covers only."--Nipps.
"Johnson & Warner at their juvenile book-store have lately published ..."--advertisement, back cover.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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American Antiquarian Society copy A in printed wrapper; wrapper worn. Second leaf and back cover mutilated, with some loss of text. Copy apparently misbound in rebinding, with illustrations in the following order: Robin in love. Courtship. Jenny's consent. Robin informs the cock. Proclaiming the marriage. The rook and lark. Going to church. General assemblage. Marriage ceremony. Jenny and attendants. Robin and the bullfinch. Ceremony continued. Putting on the ring. Inscribed: Edward Goodwin; Lilvina Pirkins.
American Antiquarian Society copy B in plain wrapper; without title or imprint statement. The gift of the family of d'Alté A. Welch.
Hand-Verified No
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. The courtship & marriage of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren. Illustrated with elegant engravings.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20811, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20811. Accessed 2024-04-25. 

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  author={},
  year={1809},
  title={The courtship & marriage of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren. Illustrated with elegant engravings.},
  publisher={Jacob Johnson & Benjamin Warner},
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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