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Puss in boots

by Charles Perrault

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source

12 p. : ill. ; 15 x 10 cm. Undated. Date suggested by publisher records in BLC "Old style series"-- p. [1] of wrapper List of titles in "Old style series of the old favourites" on p. [4] of wrapper Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Bourke Collection: black & white frontispiece; 1 cut in text. Green pictorial wrappers. I. Mackenzie, Montreal. May/60. $2.00 Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Children's Collection: Variant copy; orange pictorial paper wrappers; cover title "Puss in Boots" Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Bourke Collection: Gift of Sheila R. Bourke Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Children's Collection: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Andrea Henderson, 2006 First sentence: "There was once a miller who had three sons, and at his death he divided what he possessed among them in the following manner:--He gave his mill to the eldest, his ass to the second, and his cat to the youngest." Includes 2 woodcuts

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Fairy tales”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 3 editions; 2 cataloged here.

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1864-01-01T00:00:00ZArdrossan : Arthur GuthrieEnglish—Public digitized item

Open Library record

1897McLoughlin BrothersEnglish—No ebook

Subjects

13 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL32097356W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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