- Curiosities in the Tower of London. Vol I. & Vol II.
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- Language:
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- English
- Call number:
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- Eng 18 20211
- Extent:
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- 2 volumes (124 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 125 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 62 mm (64⁰)
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- Book
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- Miniature books
- Early works to 1800
- Specimens
- Juvenile literature
- Description:
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- Boreman is the probable author of the complete Gigantick histories series, cf. Percy Muir, English children's books, p. 60.
- "Price four pence" --At foot of each title page.
- List of subscribers in each volume.
- Publisher's advertisements on 4 pages at the end of vol. I and on 3 pages at the end of vol. II.
- Illustrations: Frontispiece and 12 full-page cuts in vol. I (most depicting animals in the Tower's menagerie at the time and one the captioned "Spanish Armada"; frontispiece and 1 full-page cut (captioned "The Devil on Duty") in vol. II; cuts in both vols. included in pagination.
- Signatures: vol.I: A-H8; vol. II: A-H8.
- Publisher:
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- London : Printed for Tho. Boreman, Bookseller, near the two giants in Guildhall, 1741.
- Subject:
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- Tower of London (London, England)—Early works to 1800
- Miniature books—Specimens—Early works to 1800
- Children's literature—Early works to 1800
- London (England)—Description and travel—Juvenile literature
- Miniature books—18th century
- Title sort:
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- Curiosities in the Tower of London. Vol I. & Vol II.
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- Tower of London
- Spatial:
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- England
- Created:
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- 1741-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Date:
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- 1741
- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/zk51vq921
- Location:
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- CTSN Eng 18 20211
- Edm rights:
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- No Known Copyright
- Range label:
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- Logical
- Creator:
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- Boreman, Thomas, active 18th century
- Relation:
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- Boreman's gigantick histories
- References:
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- English short title catalogue, T118393
- Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, vol. 2, p. 799
- Stone, W.M. Gigantick histories, p. 38
- Attributed name:
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- Boreman, Thomas, active 18th century
- Edition:
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- The second edition
- Binding note:
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- Publisher's green Dutch floral-patterned paper-covered boards.
- Cotsen copy: All ten Gigantick Histories titles housed together in custom clamshell case.
- Bookseller:
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- Boreman, Thomas, active 18th century