Mother Goose's quarto, or, Melodies complete
Subtitle: some of which have recently been discovered among the manuscripts in Herculaneum, and of course have never before appeared in print ; the others diligently compared with the emendations of the most approved annotators, the true readings restored, and corruptions expunged ; with copious engravings
Contributors: Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850; Dearborn, Nathaniel, 1786-1852; Childs, Shubael D
Publisher: Published by Munroe and Francis, No. 128 Washington Street.
Published: 1824
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Other titles: Goose's quarto
Work titles: Mother Goose. 1824
Notes: Cf. Codman Hislop, "The Americanization of Mother Goose," The Colophon, Summer 1938, p. 436 and William H. Whitmore, The original Mother Goose's melody, 1892

There are some discrepancies between the King Collection copy and the Joseph W. Robbins copy described by both Whitmore and Hislop. Chief differences in King Collection copy: omission of "There was a little man, and he had a little gun"; the order of contents; and the lack of a note on p. 44

The engravings on p. [13] and [17] are signed Childs, and that on [77] is signed C. (Shubael D. Childs). That on p. [22] is signed ND (Nathaniel Dearborn). Those on p. [23], [49], [75] and [86] are signed respectively AB, Bowen, AB, and B (Abel Bowen)

Illustrated buff paper covers, with title: "Goose's quarto. With seventy engravings." The cover style as well as the seal are in imitation of Harris and Son's Original Juvenile library, with Bulfinch's State House substituting for St. Paul's

Imperfect? Lacks first leaf of signature 1, i.e. p. [1-2] (frontispiece?)