The adventures of the six princesses of Babylon, in their travels to the temple of virtue : dedicated by permission, to her Royal Highness the Princess Mary
Date1805
Names
Peacock, Lucy, active 1785-1816
(author)
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
(contributor)
Mills, Alfred, 1776-1833
(illustrator)
Mills, Isaac,1770-1857
(engraver)
Barfield, John, active 1790-1842
(printer)
R. and L. Peacock (Firm)
(publisher)
James Carpenter and Son
(bookseller)
Harris, John, 1756-1846
(bookseller)
Alternate Title
- Six princesses of Babylon
- Fourth edition, revised
Format
"A perusal of Spencer's Fairy Queen [sic]...first suggested to her mind the idea of personifying them in a more familiar language...as might give an early impression of virtue to young minds:" p. vii-viii. Publisher's advertisements--pages 199-201. The frontispiece is engraved on copper by I. Mills after Alfred Mills.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 11 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
Extent
- ix, 201 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131048623383D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1512276
approximately 1860
