The life and perambulation of a mouse

People / Organizations

• Dorothy Kilner (Author)

Imprint

London: printed and sold by John Marshall and Co [...] No.4, Aldermary Church-Yard, in Bow-Lane, [1783]

Added name

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

Publication year

1783

ESTC No.

T170050

Grub Street ID

207803

Description

110 p. : ill. ; 18°.

Note

"The preface, dated April 13, 1783, is signed with the initials M.P."--Osborne

M. P. = M. Pelham, the pseudonym of Dorothy Kilner

This appears to be the first edition of what will become a 2 volume work. There is no volume statement on title page. Vol.2 appeared in 1784 cf. ESTC T92774

John Marshall and Co. active between 1779 and 1789. Cf. David Stoker. "John Marshall, John Evans and the Cheap Repository Tracts 1793-1800". Article pending publication, 2013

Below imprint in square brackets: Price six pence bound and gilt

Frontispiece.

Uncontrolled note

Frontis. = ill. - CaOTP copy: height = 12cm., vertical chain lines. - Is the dedication signed M. P., i.e. M. Pelham?