THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO-SHOES, otherwise called Mrs. Margery…

THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO-SHOES, otherwise called Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes. With the means by which she acquired her Learning and Wisdom, and in consequence thereof, her Estate, set forth at large for the benefit of those Who from a state of Rags and Care, And having Shoes but half a Pair, Their Fortune and their Fame would fix, And gallop in a Coach and Six. See the original Manuscript in the Vatican at Rome, and Cuts by Michael Angello, illustrated with the comments of our great modern Critics. Vol. II.

Dublin: Printed by William Jones, No. 75, Thomas-Street, No date [circa 1821]. 64 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 16 woodcuts within the text. Original plain marbled wrappers. 104 x 66 mm. The frontispiece, has been coloured by a child owner, quite neatly, and some the other cuts have been coloured in part; name of Ellen Cole at head of frontispiece; else a very good copy of a rare Dublin printing of this nursery classic. Worldcat lists only one copy in the Morgan Library, but it is complete with volume I. No other copy known.

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