The history of little King Pippin : with an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts : and the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse (Back Cover)
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Title
The history of little King Pippin : with an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts : and the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse (Back Cover)
Subject
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Chapbooks, English -- Specimens
Chapbooks, English -- Specimens
Description
Uncolored illustrations. <,br>,Some of the illustrations have been attributed to Thomas Bewick. Special Collections copy is in publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers, upper wrapper has vignette within an octagonal frame with caption, "A Soldier", lower has vignette within an octagonal frame with caption "A Waggoner".<,br>, This story tells the story of Peter Pippen, who lives a good life and is crowned King of the Good boys (who include Billy Meanwell, Sammy Sober, and Tommy Telltruth), and the ill behavior of several other boys (named amongst them are George Graceless and Neddy Neverpray), which leads to them being eaten by lions. Harry Harmless, who prays regularly, is spared from the lions wrath.<,br>, The illustration the back cover shows a Waggoner.
31 pages : illustrations (wood engraving) , 11 cm
Creator
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
Source
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Publisher
F. Houlston and Son
England--Wellington
Date
182-?
Contributor
Rose Frazier
Rights
For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: <,br>, http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
Format
Scanned from original book at 200-400 dpi in JPEG format using a PlusTek OpticPro A320, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2017.
Language
English
Type
Relief prints--woodcuts,
Chapbook, image, text,
Stillimage, text
Identifier
Children's Historical Literature Collection BJ 1597 H57 1820z
- Date Added
- April 27, 2017
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- Chapbook, Chapbooks, Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Chapbooks, English -- Specimens, Fear and Morality, image, Moral instruction, Relief prints--woodcuts, text
- Citation
- Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828 and Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828, “The history of little King Pippin : with an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts : and the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse (Back Cover),” Children Will Listen, accessed May 9, 2024, https://viclit.omeka.net/items/show/1854.