Mrs. Leicester's school :
the histories of several young ladies, related by themselves /
by Charles and Mary Lamb.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris, St. Paul's Churchyard : MDCCCXLVIII [1848]
- Note
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Pictorial paper over boards; series title on back cover.
Three of the tales (i.e. Maria Howe, The effect of witch stories; Susan Yates, First going to church; and Arabella Hardy, The sea voyage) are by Charles Lamb; the remaining seven by Mary Lamb.
Frontispiece engraved by William Harvey after John Absolon.
Wood-engravings: frontispiece, t.p. vignette, head and tail pieces.
Publisher's advertisement, listing titles in series: [2] p. at end.
First edition published in 1809; cf. Osborne Coll., cited below.
Dedication signed: M. B.
Signatures : B-H⁸, I⁴.
- Physical Description
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xii, 118, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates :
ill. ;
15 cm.
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