Evenings at home; or, The juvenile budget opened. Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces, for the instruction and amusement of young persons. Vol. I[-IV].

All titles

• Evenings at home; or, The juvenile budget opened. Consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces, for the instruction and amusement of young persons. Vol. I[-IV].
• Juvenile budget opened.

People / Organizations

• John Aikin (Author)

Imprint

[Salem, Mass.]: Printed in London: reprinted at Salem, by Thomas C. Cushing; and sold at the Bible and Heart, 1797 [i.e., 1799]

Publication year

1799-1799

ESTC No.

W32145

Grub Street ID

342615

Description

3v. ; 12⁰

Note

Attributed to John Aikin and his sister Anna Letitia Barbauld. Cf. Dictionary of national biography.

Vol. 1 contains publisher's volumes 1-2; v. 2, publisher's volumes 3-4; v. 3, publisher's volumes 5-6. Each publisher's volume has separate title page.

Publisher's volume 1 (Evans 31699) has 1797 imprint. Welch notes that the 1797 imprint date is probably a misprint for 1799. Publisher's volumes 2-6 (Evans 35087) have 1799 imprint. Imprint of publisher's volumes 3-6 varies: Printed in London: reprinted at Salem, for Thomas C Cushing; and sold at the Bible and Heart, 1799.

Vol. 1: [2], 144, [8], 146, [2] p.; v. 3: [4], 151, [5], 150, [2] p.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: v. 1, [A]1 B-N?; [A]? B-D? E-O? P? (P4 verso blank); v. 3, [A]? B-N? O? (O4 verso blank); [A]? B-N? O? (O4 blank). - DETERMINE PAGINATION OF V 2