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The contrast, or, The opposite consequences of good and evil habits : exhibited in the lowest ranks of rural life : for the benefit of intelligent servants and the best proficients in Sunday schools
The contrast, or, The opposite consequences of good and evil habits : exhibited in the lowest ranks of rural life : for the benefit of intelligent servants and the best proficients in Sunday schools
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The contrast, or, The opposite consequences of good and evil habits : exhibited in the lowest ranks of rural life : for the benefit of intelligent servants and the best proficients in Sunday schools

Date1787
Names
Format
Notes
In two parts, with half titles: pt. 1, The bright side of the contrast : the happy effects of a docile disposition and orderly conduct, exhibited in the life of Sarah Meanwell; pt. 2: The dark side of the contrast: the wretched effects of a perverse disposition and disorderly conduct, exhibited in the life of Richard Coreworm. Sixteen plates are etched by Isaac Cruikshank after sketches by I.S.D. The copperplate frontispiece is engraved by Issac Taylor.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 18 cm x 10 cm (7 1/16 in. x 3 15/16 in.)
Extent
  • xi, vii, 291 pages, [17] leaves of plates, including frontispiece : illustrations
Language
ProvenanceGift of Edgar Osborne in memory of Mabel Osborne.
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131048633267D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=2301952