Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850.
by [Books about Books]. ALDERSON, Brian & Felix de Marez Oyens
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About This Item
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library/ Bibliographical Society of America; London: British Library; New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. First edition. Small folio, xiv, 318 pp, illustrated (some in color) Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket
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"The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realise that this audience might prove to constitute a profitable market " ~Excerpted from the dust jacket
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- Title
- Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850.
- Author
- [Books about Books]. ALDERSON, Brian & Felix de Marez Oyens
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pierpont Morgan Library, et al
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Books about books, Bibliography, Children's Literature, Illustrated, Catalog
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- Books about Books; Reference; Children's, Illustrated;
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