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| Title | Park's Mother Goose and the golden egg (cover) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Park, A.
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| Publisher Location | England -- London |
| Publication Date | c. 1836-41 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with hand colored wood engravings. This copy is in publisher's light pale pink pictorial wrappers.
All pages have blank versos.
Printed on the cover: Embellished with coloured engravings. London: Published by A. Park, 47, Leonard Street, Finsbury.
A story in verse about the consequences of Mother Goose and her son, Jack, when they buy a goose that lays golden eggs.
The cover depicts a mermaid returning the golden egg to Mother Goose. |
| Contextual Notes | An Archibald Park was operating at 47 Leonard Street, Finsbury, London, from 1836-41, but the work might also have been published by Alexander Park (perhaps Archibald's son) who occupied the same premises from 1842-1863. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Mother Goose; Chapbooks, English -- Specimens |
| Category | Nursery rhymes
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0326 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PN6110.C4 P175 1836 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [8] leaves: illustrated; 18 x 12.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist A.44 |
