The visit for a week; or, hints on the improvement of time. Containing original tales, Anecdotes From Natural And Moral History, &c. Designed For The Amusement Of Youth. The third edition. Revised and corrected. By the author of The six princesses of Babylon, Juvenile Magazine, Knight Of The Rose, And Ambrose And Eleanor.

ID 5608
Title The visit for a week; or, hints on the improvement of time. Containing original tales, Anecdotes From Natural And Moral History, &c. Designed For The Amusement Of Youth. The third edition. Revised and corrected. By the author of The six princesses of Babylon, Juvenile Magazine, Knight Of The Rose, And Ambrose And Eleanor.
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Signed Author By the author of The six princesses of Babylon, Juvenile Magazine, Knight Of The Rose, And Ambrose And Eleanor
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Self-published Yes
Volumes 1
Pagination [2], 335, [1]
Date of Publication 1796
Edition Statement The third edition. Revised and corrected.
Edition Number 3
Date of First Publication 1794
Imprint Printed for Hookham and Carpenter, Bond-Street; and for the author, at the Juvenile Library, NO. 259, Oxford-Street
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
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  • EM 3602: 19
  • ESTC t118238
Notes Lucy Peacock was both an author and translator and a publisher and bookseller. We have indicated this title is self-published since the imprint indicates it was printed "for the author," but we have also added her as a firm to this record to indicate her professional involvement as well.
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Peacock, Lucy. The visit for a week; or, hints on the improvement of time. Containing original tales, Anecdotes From Natural And Moral History, &c. Designed For The Amusement Of Youth. The third edition. Revised and corrected. By the author of The six princesses of Babylon, Juvenile Magazine, Knight Of The Rose, And Ambrose And Eleanor.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 5608, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/5608. Accessed 2024-04-25. 

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  publisher={Thomas Hookham and James Carpenter [Old Bond Street] \& Lucy Peacock, Juvenile Library},
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