![Rhymes for Harry and his Nurse-Maid. With Twenty-Four Copper-Plates by [ARTHINGTON, MARIA].](https://www.roeandmoore.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/60004226.jpg)
£120.00
Although no author given, Maria Arthington name has been put forward. 12mo.Published by William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill; sold also by Harvey and Darton, 55, Gracechurch Street; and John Harris, St. Paul s Church Yard. Price 1s. with Plain Plates, or 1s. 6d. with the Plates Coloured. [circa 1830]. Not dated by circa 1825 and 1837 from the address of the publisher. Bound in buff coloured card wrappers with text and publishers adverts for ‘Large Sheet Prints’ on back wrapper. Former owner inscription ‘Master John Edward Hall 1832’ written in neat ink. Collation: Frontispiece facing title page, preface (vi) pages 7- 36 pages. Illustrated with a further 11 pages each page, including the frontispiece with each with two vignettes. Totaling 24 engravings as stated on title page. Collated and Complete. A very worn and well used copy. The cover is rubbed, there is off-setting from the engravings onto the sheets of text; brown marks; a water stain on front end paper only to lower corner. But it is complete and a scarce item.
Size Size 18 x 10.5cm [7 x 4.25 Inches)
First edition of this publication which was published in various editions, William Darton being the first. An attractive book with many engravings and with poems which, as The Dartons notes, are “addressed rather more to the nurse-maid than to Harry [and] give detailed advice on the upbringing of young children.” They begin with “Nurse s First Thoughts about her Baby,” Little Baby, just new born, Naked, trembling, and forlorn. . . proceeds through such thing as pinpricks, teething, learning to walk, warm feet, and on to telling stories, as “about a little boy who was afraid in the dark.” The Dartons H37(1), cites copies in a private collection and at the British Library (the latter is lacking its frontispiece). OCLC and JISC/COPAC seem not to add any others (UCLA has a circa 1840 edition), nor does Moon, John Harris, 24aA(bis).
Maria Arthington , a wealthy Quaker and mother to four children including Robert Arthington.
Publisher: William Darton
Date: 1830
Place: London
Book ID: 60004226
