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The sleeping beauty of the wood

an entertaining tale : to which is added Paddy and the bear, a true story

by Charles.Belle au bois dormant Perrault

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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24 p. ; 15 cm. Cover title Anonymous; "The sleeping beauty of the wood" a version of Perrault's "La belle au bois dormant." Pamphlets with this imprint date from between 1835 and 1849; probably printed by Francis Orr & Sons (cf. Meriton, J. Small books: p. 987 (114), p. 988 (126)) Cover included in pagination At foot of cover: 52 First sentence: "There was formerly, in a distant country, a king and queen, the most beautiful and happy in the world ..." Includes woodcut title vignette (a girl holding a bird in a cage out of reach of a cat) and a woodcut tailpiece (lettered "postscript") Title page with a decorative floral frame (Meriton entry states "without frame") (caption titles) The sleeping beauty, a tale -- The moral [a poem] -- Paddy and the bear Meriton, J. Small books

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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 matched “Fairy tales” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Fairy tales”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in subject

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an entertaining tale : to which is added Paddy and the bear, a true story

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1840-01-01T00:00:00ZGlasgow : Printed for the booksellersEnglish—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.
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internet-archive:McGillLibrary-PN970_B65_S64_1840-1709
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