The poetical flower garden : with moral reflections for the amusement of children, embellished with cutts
Information
Title
The poetical flower garden : with moral reflections for the amusement of children, embellished with cutts
Record type
Book
Publication details
London: Printed & sold by Darton & Harvey-Gracechurch Street, 1794
Shelf mark
372 Poe
Scope and content
This appears to be a later edition of the work of the same title listed in the British Library catalogue as published in 1778 by Thomas Carnan, which is attributed by Roscoe to "Waters".
Engraved caligraphic title page.
Engraved frontispiece, depicting a boy and a girl in a garden (with a verse couplet below).
41 short poems, each dedicated to a flower (e.g. snowdrop, primrose, passion flower), following a longer poem celebrating flowers.
Each poem, apart from the first and last ("A poetical essay on flowers", "Upon a tender plant's being blasted"), has a woodcut illustration depicting the flower in question.
Physical description
ii, 86 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 11.8 cm (12°).