The Peacock at Home:A Sequel to the Butterflys Ball by Catherine Dorset. First Edition 1807 [Buff Wrappers]

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The Peacock at Home:A Sequel to the Butterflys Ball by Catherine Dorset. First Edition 1807

Printed for J Harris, Successor to E Newbery at the original Juvenile Library, the corner of St Paul’s church-yard. Printed by E.Bryer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars,12mo. Bound in original buff coloured printed wrapper with text and a small wood engraved vignette of a Peacock. On the verso are publisher adverts for ‘The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshoppers Feast’. Sewn Binding. 16 pages Illustrated with 6 elegant full-page engravings printed on one side only. Covers are a little rubbed. Inside a nice clean edition. Many of the pages have small creases to the corners some light marks, otherwise a very nice copy.

Size: 128x 108mm [5 x 4.25 Inches]

Item details

‘The Peacock at Home’ became one of the most successful imitations of William Roscoe’s Butterfly’s Ball, and was frequently reissued until the 1840s.

Item details

Publisher: J Harris, Successor to E Newbery,
Date: 1807
Place: London
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 60004229