The adventures of old Dame Trudge and her parrot
Subtitle: Illustrated with whimsical engravings
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 22660
Publisher: Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. Price 12 1-2 cents. 1811. W. M'Culloch, printer.
Published: 1811
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Children's poetry; Picture books for children; Older women; Juvenile poetry; Parrots; Pets; Juvenile Wit and humor
Other titles: Talking bird: Or, Dame Trudge and her parrot.
Work titles: Dame Trudge and her parrot
Notes: Pictures with verse. Apparently an American reissue of: The talking bird: Or, Dame Trudge and her parrot (London: J. Harris, 1806). Cf. Welch.

Cover title.

Text and illustrations are metal-engraved throughout, presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 5.

"Of Wm. Charles, may also be had, recently published ..."--advertisement, back cover.

Shaw & Shoemaker 22660

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 9.1

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.