Gammer Gurton's Good Counsel Book; or, child's museum...Adorned with cuts. London, printed by R. Bassam...n.d. [c.1785]. 16° (99 x 62mm). Collation: Π., A-B.6, C8. Woodcut frontispiece and 36 stock woodcuts in text (1 printed upside-down). Binding absent apart from the original (?) lining paper taken from a catalogue of G. G. and J. Offor, and with a protective paper cover, with label, by Mrs. Moon, and housed in a blue linen case with marbled paper lining. Provenance: Harriet Elizabeth Best. -- Little Goody Goosecap: or, Mother Bunch's present. Containing a variety of adventures, calculated to amuse and instruct the Lilliputian world...Interspersed with fine cuts. London: printed by Robert Bassam...n.d. [c.1785]. 16° (115 x 75mm). Collation: A-B.6, C8. Woodcut frontispiece and 28 stock woodcuts in text (some the same as in the above item) with a decorative metal-cut composition as final page. Grey paper wrapper (lower cover missing) with a matching protective paper cover and label by Mrs. Moon; housed in a red linen case with marbled paper lining. Provenance: M. A. Best. See note in A & M no.65. -- A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible...represented with emblematical figures for the amusement of youth...(by assignment from the executors of T. Hodgson)...1795. 12° in sixes (132 x 80mm). Hieroglyphs and other woodcuts throughout. (Lacking all after N1 ? 2 leaves ?). Half roan, marbled paper sides (worn). Provenance: Amcoats & Co. Booksellers, Gainsbro. [bookseller's ticket]; Ann Norman Her Book...Gainsbrough 1802...; Mary Ann Johnson Her Book April 12 Lord Street Gainsbro 1856. First published by T. Hodgson in 1783; according to Hugo, many of the cuts were executed by Thomas Bewick during his stay in London in 1776-7. -- [The Curious Adventures of a Little White Mouse]. 32° (16 x 71mm). Woodcut frontispiece and eight square-framed oval woodcuts in text (lacking A2 [title-page], A7-8 and C1). Dutch flowered paper over boards. Provenance: H. Hann 1795. Possibly the edition "Printed for the BooksellersP c.1780. CBY 573. -- With a distressed copy of The Life and Adventures of Leonard Little Breeches. London: printed by R. Bassam n.d. [c.1780]. 24°. (5)

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Gammer Gurton's Good Counsel Book; or, child's museum...Adorned with cuts. London, printed by R. Bassam...n.d. [c.1785]. 16° (99 x 62mm). Collation: Π^., A-B^.6, C⁸. Woodcut frontispiece and 36 stock woodcuts in text (1 printed upside-down). Binding absent apart from the original (?) lining paper taken from a catalogue of G. G. and J. Offor, and with a protective paper cover, with label, by Mrs. Moon, and housed in a blue linen case with marbled paper lining. Provenance: Harriet Elizabeth Best. -- Little Goody Goosecap: or, Mother Bunch's present. Containing a variety of adventures, calculated to amuse and instruct the Lilliputian world...Interspersed with fine cuts. London: printed by Robert Bassam...n.d. [c.1785]. 16° (115 x 75mm). Collation: A-B^.6, C⁸. Woodcut frontispiece and 28 stock woodcuts in text (some the same as in the above item) with a decorative metal-cut composition as final page. Grey paper wrapper (lower cover missing) with a matching protective paper cover and label by Mrs. Moon; housed in a red linen case with marbled paper lining. Provenance: M. A. Best. See note in A & M no.65. -- A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible...represented with emblematical figures for the amusement of youth...(by assignment from the executors of T. Hodgson)...1795. 12° in sixes (132 x 80mm). Hieroglyphs and other woodcuts throughout. (Lacking all after N1 ? 2 leaves ?). Half roan, marbled paper sides (worn). Provenance: Amcoats & Co. Booksellers, Gainsbro. [bookseller's ticket]; Ann Norman Her Book...Gainsbrough 1802...; Mary Ann Johnson Her Book April 12 Lord Street Gainsbro 1856. First published by T. Hodgson in 1783; according to Hugo, many of the cuts were executed by Thomas Bewick during his stay in London in 1776-7. -- [The Curious Adventures of a Little White Mouse]. 32° (16 x 71mm). Woodcut frontispiece and eight square-framed oval woodcuts in text (lacking A2 [title-page], A7-8 and C1). Dutch flowered paper over boards. Provenance: H. Hann 1795. Possibly the edition "Printed for the BooksellersP c.1780. CBY 573. -- With a distressed copy of The Life and Adventures of Leonard Little Breeches. London: printed by R. Bassam n.d. [c.1780]. 24°.
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