The entertaining history of Whittington and his cat
a fairy tale.
Author not recorded
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
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 tan wrappers. Woodcut illustration on lower wrapper "Ornamented with neat Engraving."--Upper wrapper
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore”. Retained metadata contains “fairy tale” in the subtitle, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and “fairy tale” in the edition subtitle.
- “Folklore”· via Internet Archive
- “Folklore”· via Open Library
- “fairy tale”· in subtitle
- “Folklore”· in subject
- “fairy tale”· in edition subtitle
Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.
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Editions
One edition cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a fairy tale. Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1830 | Birmingham : Printed and 8old [sic] by T. Bloomer, Edgbaston-street; Printed and 8old [sic] by T. Bloomer, Edgbaston-street | English | — | Public |
Subjects
Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
Cataloged from
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- Open LibraryOL16747348W (opens in a new tab)
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: iala5
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL16747348W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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