Tommy Thumb's pretty song-book
Subtitle: the first collection of English nursery rhymes : a facsimile edition with a history and annotations
By: by Andrea Immel & Brian Alderson
Contributors: Alderson, Brian, author; Newbery, John, 1713-1767, associated name; Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, associated name; Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, associated name; Cotsen Occasional Press; Cotsen Foundation
Publisher: Cotsen Occasional Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9780615678764
Subjects: Children's literature; Facsimiles; Children's literature, English; Early works to 1800; History and criticism; English Nursery rhymes
Other titles: Pretty song-book; Tommy Thumb's song book; Pretty-book; Nurse Lovechild's legacy
Description: Facsimiles of Newbery's "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song-Book" (1744), one of the most famous children's books, Isaiah Thomas's "Tommy Thumb's Song Book," and George Bickham's "The Pretty-Book," accompanied by a separate volume by Andrea Immel and Brian Alderson, "Nurse Lovechild's Legacy," with an extended critical essay, annotations for the facsimiles, notes, and illustrations.
Notes: A limited edition of 500 copies.

"Nurse Lovechild's Legacy" measures 22 cm, while the 3 children's miniature facsimile titles are each 92 mm.

Individual titles in publisher's gilt-stamped embossed cloth, within a gilt-stamped lavender cloth-covered box.
Table of contents: title: Nurse Lovechild's legacy; title: Tommy Thumb's song book; title: Tommy Thumb's pretty song book vol. II; title: The pretty book.