Evenings at home; or, The juvenile budget opened : Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons. : Vol. I[-II].

SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 1732. ^A575643
General noteBy John Aikin and his sister Anna Letitia Barbauld.
General notePrinted from the same setting of type as the "Second edition" printed by Thomas Dobson in 1797 (Evans 31698). The Dobson issue is 6 v. in 2, each of the six publisher's volumes having its own title page. In the copy in hand of the Bartram issue, the title leaves to v. 2, 3, and 5 (v. 1, p. [107-108]; v. 1, p. [215-216]; v. 2, p. [109-110]) and Dobson's advertisements have been excised, and the volume number on the title leaf to v. 4 changed from IV to II. The title leaf to v. 6, however, is present, and bears the Dobson, 1797 imprint.
General notePagination, v. 1: iv, 106, [1], 110-214, [1], 218-330; v. 2: [2], 107, [2], 112-314 p.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 1732
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 25.4
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1732).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1802.
Genre/formFables 1802.
Genre/formFairy tales 1802.
Genre/formDialogues.
Genre/formAllegories.
Genre/formPoems 1802.

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