The peacock "at home," or, Grand assemblage of birds
By: written by Roscoe ; illustrated with elegant engravings.
Contributors: Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.; Charles, William, 1776-1820, publisher.; M'Culloch, William, 1782-1816, printer.
Publisher: Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had in all the bookstores
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Children's poetry; Chapbooks -- Specimens
Genres: Specimens
Other titles: Peacock at home; Grand assemblage of birds
Notes: Plates are hand-colored.

In verse.  Attributed to Catherine Ann Turner Dorset. "Roscoe" refers to William Roscoe, author of "The butterfly's ball." "The peacock 'at home'" was published as a sequel to that work.

LC copy is bound in the wrapper of another edition, with imprint: Phialdelphia, Morgan & Yeager, and the first and last leaves of Dame Trot and her comical cat, Philadelphia, Wm. Charles, 1809.

Shaw & Shoemaker 31352

Welch, D.A.  Amer. children's books, 296.2

Rosenbach, A.S.W.  Children's books, 486