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The adventures of Whittington and his cat

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  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Retells the traditional tale of the poor boy in medieval England who made his fortune through his mouse-catching cat and became Lord Mayor of London Publisher's printed buff wrappers; resewn. Vignette on upper wrapper; advertisement on lower wrapper for Nafish & Cornish, booksellers & stationers, 278 Pearl-street, New York Inscription in pencil on upper paste-down: Amelia Hegeman, Norwich Illustrations are hand-colored

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata.

    • “Folklore”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· in subject

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1847Albany, N.Y. : Published at Pease's Great Variety Store, No. 50 Broadway; Published at Pease's Great Variety Store, No. 50 BroadwayEnglish—Public

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1847Albany, N.Y. : Published by Steele and Durrie, No. 378 Broadway; Published by Steele and Durrie, No. 378 BroadwayEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: msn
  • 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.
  • Scanner: iala10
  • Scanner: iala5
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL16730381W
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