01677nam a2200385Ia 4500 adventuresofwhit00newyiala CaSfIA 20120323212610.0 cr|||||||||||| 940325s1850 enka j 000 1 eng d (OCoLC)30023287 07-AMZ-0245 CLU CLU CaSfIA Whittington and his cat. The adventures of Whittington and his cat. [electronic resource] Dunigan's edition. New York : Published by Edwd. Dunigan, 137 Fulton-street, [ca. 1850] 15, [1] p. : ill. (wood-engravings); 18 cm. Wood-engraved illustrations. Cover title. Caption title: The entertaining history of Whittington and his cat. Printed on one side of leaf only. Pages 14 and 15 reversed, possibly before publication; first leaf and leaf bearing page 14 pasted to wrappers. CLU In verse. Retells the traditional tale of the poor boy in medieval England who made his fortune through his mouse-catching cat and became Lord Mayor of London. Publisher's printed buff wrappers; resewn. Engraved acorns and grapes motif on upper wrapper; publisher's advertisement and booklist on lower wrapper. Inscription in pencil on upper paste-down: Amelia Hegeman, Norwich. Illustrations are hand-colored. Whittington, Richard, d. 1423 Folklore. Cats Folklore. Folklore England. Folklore. rbgenr Entertaining history of Whittington and his cat. http://archive.org/details/adventuresofwhit00newyiala Free eBook from the Internet Archive http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL7134625M Additional information and access via Open Library