Berquin's Child's own story book
Contributors: Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875, ill; Ellis, George B., engraver
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 25163
Publisher: Published by Johnson & Co.
Published: 1840
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Children's stories, French
Other titles: Child's own story book
Work titles: Ami des enfans.
Notes: Reissue, under cancel title page, of: The children's friend. Translated from the French of M. Berquin. Vol. III. Newburyport: John Mycall for William P. Blake, [1793?] (Evans 25163; Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 71.3); Vol. IV. Boston: Thomas Hall for William P. Blake, 1795 (not in Evans; Welch 71.7)

Date of reissue suggested by typography of title page and style of binding. The printer of the intaglio frontispiece plate was active in Philadelphia from 1833 to 1844

Errors in paging: p. 233, first count, misnumbered 235; p. 97, 205, 305, 2nd count, misnumbered 95, 105, 285

In purple cloth: covers ornamented in blind; title stamped in gilt on spine

Frontispiece plate signed: Canvassing. Painted by R.W. Buss. Engraved by Geo. B. Ellis. Printed by D. Stevens

Evans 25163

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 25163)