Biography for girls, or, Moral and instructive examples for young ladies
Date1799
Names
Pilkington, Mrs. (Mary), 1766-1839
(author)
Vernor and Hood
(publisher)
Newbery, Francis, 1743-1818
(publisher)
Thurston, John, 1774-1822
(illustrator)
Ridley, William, 1764-1838
(engraver)
Alternate Title
- Moral and instructive examples for young ladies
Format
By Mrs. Pilkington. Publisher's ads on pages [2]-[4] at the end. The frontispiece, engraved by Ridley after John Thurston, is made up on five medallion portraits of little girls. Contents: Louisa Harrington, or, The victim of pride -- Emily Manley, or, Gratitude displayed -- Sally Bowman, or, Filial fondness -- Emma Hamilton, or, Human vicissitudes -- Lucy Lutridge, or, Vanity punished -- Frances Hindos, or, The amiable orphan.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 13.5 cm x 9 cm (5 5/16 in. x 3 9/16 in.)
Extent
- [4], 207, [5] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates (frontispiece) : portraits
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131048635635D
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