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The pigeon & dove. The history of Betsey Harlow

with a beautiful engraving

by Orlando.pbl Hodgson

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: JuvenilePrimary source
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15, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (woodcut) ; 97 x 63 mm. Approximate dates based on publisher's address, established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 91 "With coloured plates and gilt edges." First sentence: "The queen of the country of Deserts, having lost the king her husband, and finding herself to draw nigh her end, with grief entreated her old friend, the Sovereign Fairy, to take under her care her only child." Includes 1 woodcut Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: hand-coloured frontispiece; yellow decorated wrappers. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Nov/69. $8.50

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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 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”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in subject

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with a beautiful engraving

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1832-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Orlando Hodgson, 10, Cloth Fair, West SmithfieldEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • 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.
Catalog id
internet-archive:McGillLibrary-PN970_H63_P5_1832-1190
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