The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood (pp. 13-14)
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Title
The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood (pp. 13-14)
Subject
Ballads, English Children's poetry, English
Description
Chapbook with uncolored woodcut illustration. Floral design border printed on each page.
Special Collections copy is in publisher's decorated stiff maroon paper wrappers printed in gilt. Series: Gammer Gurton's story books. Sixpenny series , no. 5.
The first story in this book is The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood, which is a ballad that tells of two orphans who are abandoned and die in the woods because their evil guardian wants their inheritance. The second story in this book is The Lady Isabella's Tragedy, in which a young woman's stepmother has her killed and baked in a pie. The stepmother and the cook are punished with horrible fates, and the scullion-boy who tried to save the girl is made heir to the father's fortune.
Pages 13 and 14 contain verse and a floral design border.
Special Collections copy is in publisher's decorated stiff maroon paper wrappers printed in gilt. Series: Gammer Gurton's story books. Sixpenny series , no. 5.
The first story in this book is The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood, which is a ballad that tells of two orphans who are abandoned and die in the woods because their evil guardian wants their inheritance. The second story in this book is The Lady Isabella's Tragedy, in which a young woman's stepmother has her killed and baked in a pie. The stepmother and the cook are punished with horrible fates, and the scullion-boy who tried to save the girl is made heir to the father's fortune.
Pages 13 and 14 contain verse and a floral design border.
16 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration , 17 cm.
Creator
John Franklin, active 1800-1861
Source
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Publisher
Joseph Cundall, 1818-1895
England--London
Date
1843?
Contributor
Rose Frazier
Rights
For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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, text,
text
Identifier
Children's Historical Literature Collection PZ6 C436 1843
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