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- [1796x1810] (Creation)
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The 'Children's Miscellany' original pagination: Part I: 4-71, Part II: 4-63, Part III: 4-72, Part IV: 4-72.
Book of stories for children original pagination: iv-vi, 4-44, 4-68 (1 envelope).
The book of stories for children lacks its original binding and is bound in blue card of a later provenance.
The 'Children's Miscellany' volumes are bound in chamois leather and tied with a piece of ribbon.
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A set of four children's books entitled 'The Children's Miscellany' which once belonged to Marianne Cowper Johnson (née Patteson), mother of Mary Cowper Powys; and a book of stories for children, of unknown provenance but kept with the other books. The inside front covers of the 'Children's Miscellany' are inscribed 'M Patteson'.
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English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Book of stories for children: Leaves coming apart from string binding.
'Children's Miscellany': Top right-hand corner of f. 108 torn away.
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- Cowper Johnson, Marianne, 1812-1894 (Subject)