The son of a genius : a tale, for the use of youth

Date:

1817.

Author:

Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara), 1770-1844.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH H712 S66 1817 LOCAL

Publisher:

Printed for J. Harris ...

Physical Description:

vii, 172 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 14 cm

Notes:

Special Collection's copy inscribed, 1818. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

1817 J. Harris imprint (London), 'a new edition,' inscribed 1818; preliminary note, dated May 1816, says that the publisher is here bringing out a lower priced edition 'in the hope that it may have a more extensive circulation'; [earlier edition was published in 1812]; spine titles stamped in gold on red leather, front and back covers of marbled paper over boards

Subjects:

Conduct of life Juvenile fiction, Poverty Juvenile fiction, Debt, Imprisonment for Juvenile fiction, Artists Juvenile fiction, Artists, Conduct of life, Debt, Imprisonment for, and Poverty

Genres/Forms:

Fiction and Juvenile works