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Order Nr. 32779 BENJAMIN TABART'S JUVENILE LIBRARY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN...

BENJAMIN TABART'S JUVENILE LIBRARY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN PUBLISHED, WRITTEN, EDITED AND SOLD BY MR. TABART, 1801-1820.

Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies, 1990. 8vo. cloth. xvii, 180 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. In the early nineteenth century the prevailing influence in children's books was the promotion of morality, coupled with instruction, and fairy-tales and such-like improper subjects were widely discouraged. So Benjamin Tabart showed no little courage when, within three years of opening his Juvenile Library in Bond Street, he launched out into the publication of a series of well-produced fairy-tales..... READ MORE

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Illustrations                                                 page vii 
Preface                                                             ix 
Acknowledgements                                                    xi 
Abbreviations and symbols                                          xiv 
Abbreviations used in describing books                            xvii 
Introduction                                                         1 
Part I Alphabetical bibliography of books published, 
  sold, written and edited by Benjamin Tabart                       11 
Part II Books advertised by Benjamin Tabart                        139 
Appendix A The book of trades                                      155 
Appendix B The Preface to William Godwin's Bible Stories           160 
Appendix C Tabart's catalogue, 1801                                164 
Appendix D Some notes on the illustrations for the 
  'Silver Penny' and the 'Little Man and Little Maid'              167 
Chronological index                                                172 
Index                                                              175