The magic lantern, or, Amusing and instructive exhibitions for young people : with eleven coloured engravings
Date1806
Names
Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804-1816
(author)
Tabart and Co.
(publisher)
Tabart, Benjamin, 1767 or 1768-1833
(publisher)
Alternate Title
- Amusing and instructive exhibitions for young people
Format
"Printed by J. Adlard, Duke-street, West Smithfield." - final page. An account of ten evenings' entertainment by Mr. Manley for his three children and his nephew when he uses his magic lantern "which he has been so long making" to show figures on the wall while he recounts "the histories of all the little boys and girls he has painted". Author attribution and date from Marjorie Moon, cited below. Frontispiece dated: Mar. 4, 1806. With a 2-page list of works published by Tabart & Co at end.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17.5 cm x 11 cm (6 7/8 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
Extent
- [2], 200, [2] pages, 11 unpaginated leaves of plates : illustrations
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131048603013D
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