Visions in verse : for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds
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Type of record: Book
Title: Visions in verse : for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds
Classmark: Education 375.821/COT
Creator(s): Cotton, Nathaniel (1705-1788)
Additional creator(s): Thurston, John (1774-1822) (Ill); Pollard Collection (Former owner)
Related people: Thurston, John
Publisher: Printed for Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell; J. Walker; Ogilvy and Son; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Darton and Harvey; and J. Scatchard
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1798
Language: English
Size and medium: 144 p., [6] leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/407717
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009269879705181
Description
Attributed to Nathaniel Cotton in catalogue of the Osborne Collection.
First published in 1751.
Engravings: illustrated plates; engraved by Ridley after Thurston; dated March 1st, 1798.
Includes table of contents.
Introduction -- Slander -- Pleasure -- Health -- Content -- Happiness -- Friendship -- Marriage -- Life -- Death -- The lamb and the pig -- Death and the rake.
Additional description
Inscription to inside of front cover: Miss Toplis, [?] a tribute of approbationfrom Mrs. [Adams?] who begs her acceptance of this trifle, 1801
Provenance
From the Pollard Collection of children's books.
Access and usage
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