The first principles of religion, and the existence of a deity, explained in a series of dialogues adapted to the capacity of the infant mind

People / Organizations

• Dorothy Kilner (Author)
• John Marshall ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London: printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. No. 4, in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane, [between 1779 and 1789]

Added name

John Marshall and Co. (Booksellers : London, England), printer, bookseller.

Publication year

1779-1789

ESTC No.

N7632

Grub Street ID

52567

Description

2 v. (142; [2], 5-120+ p.) : ill. ; 18°.

Note

Dedication signed and dated: M. P., [i.e. Mary Pelham, pseudonym of Dorothy Kilner], Jan. 14, 1780

John Marshall and Co. active at this address between 1779 and 1789. See Stoker, D. "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118

Below imprint in square brackets on both title pages: Price six pence

Frontispiece included in pagination

Copy catalogued has leaf height 11.6 cm. Gathered in 6s. Vol.1 has vertical chain lines, v.2 has horizontal chain lines.

Uncontrolled note

Ill. = frontis. CLU-S/C copy 11.6cm., in 6's, v.1 with vert. c.l. and v.2 with horiz. c.l