The History of Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. New and Improved Series no. 45

Hop-'O-My-Thumb

New and Improved Series no. 45

Little glass slipper

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

1852

24 pages

Price One Penny printed at the bottom of the title-page.

Advertisment for other titles in this, and other series on p. 24: "Histories, Religious Tracts, Song Books...Sold by all Booksellers"

Woodcut #80_a: Illustration on title-page (enclosed in a rectangular border composed of a single line) of a man and woman dancing in a ballroom with onlookers in the background.

fairytale/folk lore

Part of a series of fairy tales printed by the booksellers. This chapbook tells the classic fairy tale of Cinderella, which has several illustrations throughout. This tale is followed by a second fairy tale titled Hop-O’-My-Thumb, which appears to be a composite tale featuring many of the classic elements from tales such as Tom Thumb, Hansel and Gretel, and Jack and the Bean Stalk, among others.

Courtship and Marriage

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario

JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.

In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413

Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada