Descriptive Scenes for Children [cover title]

Boston: Nathaniel S. Simpkins (I.R. Butts and Co., Printers), nd [ca. 1825-1827]. First edition (?). 16mo. 14 pp. Illustrated with hand-colored woodcuts; alphabet on verso of front wrapper, publisher's ads on rear wrapper. Caption title: "Descriptive Scenes." Not in American Imprints. OCLC locates only editions published in 1828, 1829, and 1831 (each with one or two locations); Simpkins seemed to use his full name on publications issued, 1825-1827. Original illustrated tan wrappers (detached, old soiling and staining). Tears into page edges, old interior staining and a little erosion, a good copy only. (1193). Item #54479

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