The elephant's ball, and grand fete champetre : intended as a companion to those much admired pieces, The butterfly's ball, and The peacock "at home" : illustrated with elegant engravings

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245 1 4 ‡aThe elephant's ball, and grand fete champetre : ‡bintended as a companion to those much admired pieces, The butterfly's ball, and The peacock "at home" : illustrated with elegant engravings / ‡cby W.B.
260 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aLondon : ‡bPrinted for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, at the Original Juvenile Library, ‡c1808 ‡f(Printed by E. Hemsted)
300 ⊔ ⊔ ‡a16 p., [8] leaves of plates : ‡bill. ; ‡c13 cm.
336 ⊔ ⊔ ‡atext ‡2rdacontent
337 ⊔ ⊔ ‡acomputer ‡2rdamedia
338 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aonline resource ‡2rdacarrier
500 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aFirst sentence: "The insects and birds, with the balls and their feasts, Caus'd much conversation among all the beasts: The Elephant, famous for sense as for size, At such entertainments express'd much surprise; Says he, 'shall these impudent tribes of the air, To break our soft slumbers thus wantonly dare?'"
500 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aWood-engraved tail-piece.
500 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aPlates attributed to William Mulready, cf. Moon, cited below.
500 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aCopper-engraved plates; frontispiece dated: Dec. 5, 1807.
510 4 ⊔ ‡aMoon, M. John Harris's books for youth, ‡c32(2)
538 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aMode of access: Internet.
590 ⊔ ⊔ ‡aCopy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 8 copperplates, attributed to Mulready. Bound with 4 other Roscoe imitations subsequent to publication; without wrappers. 1/2 leather binding, marbled paper over boards. Hockliffe Collection - p.80. Osborne - p.51. Forgotten Children's Books - Tuer - p.149. John Harris's Books - moon - #32(2). Darton - p.206. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Oct/69. $175.00 for the 5. Justin Schiller. New York - '83 - $150.00 for this 1 chapbook.
650 ⊔ 0 ‡aChapbooks ‡vSpecimens.
650 ⊔ 0 ‡aElephants ‡vJuvenile poetry.
650 ⊔ 0 ‡aAnimals ‡vJuvenile poetry.
655 ⊔ 7 ‡aChapbooks ‡zEngland ‡zLondon ‡y19th century ‡2rbgenr
655 ⊔ 7 ‡aNursery rhymes. ‡2rbgenr
700 1 ⊔ ‡aRoscoe, William, ‡d1753-1831. ‡tButterfly's ball and the grasshopper's feast.
700 1 ⊔ ‡aDorset, Catherine Ann Turner, ‡d1750?-1817? ‡tPeacock at home.
700 1 ⊔ ‡aHemsted, Edmund, ‡eprinter.
700 1 ⊔ ‡aHarris, John, ‡d1756-1846, ‡epublisher.
700 1 ⊔ ‡aMulready, William, ‡d1786-1863, ‡eengraver.
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