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Collections The literary miscellany, or, Selections and extracts, classical and scientific, with originals in prose and verse
 

The literary miscellany, or, Selections and extracts, classical and scientific, with originals in prose and verse

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Collection History

The selection of images was prepared for the companion volume and website accompanying an exhibition, "Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era," held April 8 - July 30, 2005 in the Library's D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall.

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Denlinger, Elizabeth Campbell. Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era (2005)

NYPL. "Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era."(2005) <http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/victoria/>

Collection Data

Names
Nicholson, George, 1760-1825 (Publisher)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1801 - 1815 (Inferred)
Place: Stourport
Publisher: Printed by G. Nicholson
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz (Literary miscellany)
Topics
Young women -- Conduct of life
Young women -- Life skills guides
Genres
Books
Notes
Content: Each selection with separate title page, imprint date and pagination, except for Mr. Tyrold's advice (p. 61-71, first set).
Statement of responsibility: Illustrations: Extra engraved title-vignette for Pennington's Unfortunate mother's advice, by S. Noble after W.M. Craig, and an unsigned endpiece; extra engraved title-vignette for De Lambert's Advice of a mother, by J. Hopwood after W. Hopwood; engraved title-vignette and endpiece for Gregory's A father's legacy, by C. Nesbit after T. Thurston (dated 1815); unsigned woodcut title-vignette for Horne's Picture of the female character.
Physical Description
Extent: [2], 71, [1], 52, 44, 8 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Pforzheimer copy: Bound in three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG03-B3996
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15531524
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 93064260-003e-0130-6962-58d385a7bc34
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