Mother Goose's melody, or, Sonnets for the cradle : in two parts, part I contains the most celebrated songs and lullabies of the good old nurses, calculated to amuse children and to excite them to sleep ; part II those of that sweet songster and nurse of wit and humour, Master William Shakespeare

Date:

1945.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH M917 G66B LOCAL

Publisher:

F.G. Melcher

Physical Description:

94 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm

Notes:

Facsimile ed. of the 1794 ed. printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, Mass. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

1945 Frederick G. Melcher facsimile reprint of : 1894 Isaiah Thomas (Worcester MA) imprint, 'the second Worcester edition' [Thomas' first edition, of which there are no extant copies, was published in 1786, and was itself a version of a Newbery work of 1870, of which the earliest edition extant is 1791, published by Newbery's successors]; the full subtitle is: 'in two parts. Part I. Contains the most celbrated songs and lullabies of the good old nurses, calculated amuse children and to excite them to sleep. Part II. Those of that sweet songster and nurse of wit and humour, Master William Shakespeare'; two copies; color patterned paper covers

Subjects:

Nursery rhymes and Nursery rhymes