(CHILDRENS LITERATURE) [NURSERY RHYMES] Arnold Samuel Juveni

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(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) [NURSERY RHYMES.] Arnold, Samuel. Juvenile Amusement. Lithographed music consisting of 76 duos, trios and one solo, printed on one side only, with index leaf bound in front (bearing the imprint given above), several bifolia have Dr. Arnold's "Duke Street Westminster" advertisement on the last pages. Folio, contemporary 1/2 calf and marbled boards, gilt stamped title label on front cover; joints cracked, spine and corners torn, scuffed. London: Smarts Music Warehouse, [1797-1798]

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first complete edition of this collection of nursery-rhyme sheet music with the index leaf. "It is known that the first seventy numbers ... were in print by 1797. It is not known whether the remaining six numbers appeared in 1797 or 1798" (Opie, Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes, 23a). WorldCat records one incomplete copy (British Library). Rare.