Tim Bobbin's Lancashire dialect, and poems / plates by G. Cruikshank ; rendered intelligible to general readers by a literal interpretation, and the obsolete words explained by quotations from the most early of the English authors.
Published / Created:
London : Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1828.
Physical Description:
viii, 184 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA670.L2 B63 1828Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 1978 1252: Advertising matter (24 p.) bound in at front.BEIN 1978 1252: Second (?) issue, with price 9 s. on label. Cf.Cohn.Also published under title: The dialect of South Lancashire; or Tim Bobbin's Tummins and Meary; with his rhymes.Four etchings are by George Cruikshank. Two etchings are by Robert Cruikshank.Printed by C. Roworth, Bell Yard, Temple Bar.Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 151BAC: British Art Center copy is second issue. Top edges unopened. Bound in publisher's original green cloth, with printed title label on spine. Price on label is 9/-. Bookplates: William J. Young; Samuel Henry Austen; Reuben Jay Flick. Autograph: Henry Y. Lynes. June 19, 1829.
Subject Terms:
English language -- Dialects -- England -- Lancashire -- Texts. | Hurst, Chance, and Co. -- Publisher. | Roworth, C. -- Printer. | Young, William J. -- Bookplate. | Austen, Samuel Henry -- Bookplate. | Flick, Reuben Jay -- Bookplate. | Lynes, Henry J. -- Autograph, June 19, 1829. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1828.
Contributors:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill. | Cruikshank, Robert, 1789–1856, ill.