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[MINIATURE LIBRARY]. Cabinet of Lilliput. Instructive Stories... [General title, individual titles listed below]. London: Printed for J. Harris, Successor to E. Newbery, 1802.
12 volumes, 24o (66 x 66 mm). Engraved frontispieces. Original colored boards, printed paper title labels on front covers (some covers detached, a few spines perished); WOODEN BOX, lined with pink paper, 4 compartments containing the 12 volumes, forming a portable library, sliding lid with carved pediment at top forming a handle at the top of the lid (most original coloring and text on lid worn away). Provenance: gift inscription from "William to his brother Richard ? 1825."
The titles comprise: Jenny, and Edgar and Florentince. -- Jacob the Fisherman; Adelaide; and Little Martin. -- Patty and Janet. -- Julia and the Dog; Good Behaviour to Servants; Industry of the Art. -- Rashness--Alonzo and Indolence Reclaimed. -- The Spoilt Children, The Disinterested Arab,--and Conceit. -- Tom Restless, and the History of Theodore. -- Juliet and Emmeline. -- Shadrach, the Jew; Maurice; and the Advantages of Industry. -- The Utility of Commerce; Theresa; and the Gardener & Nightingale. -- The Work-Bag; Charles and his little Penny; and the Story of Mary-Ann. -- Arthur and George. Osborne I, 236. (12)
12 volumes, 24
The titles comprise: Jenny, and Edgar and Florentince. -- Jacob the Fisherman; Adelaide; and Little Martin. -- Patty and Janet. -- Julia and the Dog; Good Behaviour to Servants; Industry of the Art. -- Rashness--Alonzo and Indolence Reclaimed. -- The Spoilt Children, The Disinterested Arab,--and Conceit. -- Tom Restless, and the History of Theodore. -- Juliet and Emmeline. -- Shadrach, the Jew; Maurice; and the Advantages of Industry. -- The Utility of Commerce; Theresa; and the Gardener & Nightingale. -- The Work-Bag; Charles and his little Penny; and the Story of Mary-Ann. -- Arthur and George. Osborne I, 236. (12)