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Date1818
Names
Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824
(author)
Hilton, William, 1786-1839
(illustrator)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
(former owner)
Taylor and Hessey
(publisher)
Format
"Testimonies in favour of this work" from the Literary panorama, June, 1815, and the Eclectic review, August, 1815, are given on the verso of the half-title.
Book label "Ex libris John Ruskin Brantwood" pasted inside front cover.
The copperplate frontispiece, dated Augt 1, 1817, is re-engraved by Samuel Freeman after William Hilton.
The psychological study of two young ladies ends with the conversion of the vain Elizabeth who gives evidence of "the subjugation of a propensity...almost thought incurable, ...the love of--Display".
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 10.5 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
Extent
- 203 pages, [1] leaf of plates (frontispiece) : 1 illustrations
Language
ProvenanceGift of Christina Duff Stewart
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131054870324D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1750332
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