The peacock "at home" :
a sequel to The butterfly's ball /
written by a lady, and illustrated with elegant engravings.

Description

Main Author

Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner, 1750?-1817?

Related Names

Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.
Mulready, William, 1786-1863.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : J. Harris, 1808.

Edition

New ed.

Subjects

Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Birds > Birds / Juvenile poetry.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / London > Chapbooks / England / London / 19th century

Note

First sentence: "The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feasts, Excited the spleen of the Birds and the Beasts: For their mirth and good cheer--of the Bee was the theme, And the Gnat blew his horn, as he danc'd in the beam."
Illustrated by W. Mulready, Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.
Written by Catherine Ann Turner Dorset as a sequel to The butterfly's ball and the grasshopper's feast, by W. Roscoe.
In verse.

Physical Description

16 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 13 cm.

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