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The history of Whittington and his cat

Shewing, how from a poor country boy, destitute of parents or relations, he attained great riches, and was promoted to the high and honourable dignity of Lord Mayor of London. Adorned with cuts.

Also known as The history of Whittington and his cat. Shewing, how from a poor country boy, destitute of parents or relations, he attained great riches, and was promoted to the high and honourable dignity of Lord Mayor of London. Adorned with cuts

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  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Original printed tan wrappers with woodcut illustrations on p.[1] and [4]

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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.

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Shewing, how from a poor country boy, destitute of parents or relations, he attained great riches, and was promoted to the high and honourable dignity of Lord Mayor of London. Adorned with cuts.

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1794Gainsbrough : Printed at Mozley's Lilliputian Book-Manufactory; Printed at Mozley's Lilliputian Book-ManufactoryEnglish—Public

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  • 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.
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openlibrary-work:OL16754156W
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