Jack Brown in prison; or, The pitcher never goes so often to the well but it is broke at last. Being the fourth part of the History of the two shoemakers

All titles

• Jack Brown in prison; or, The pitcher never goes so often to the well but it is broke at last. Being the fourth part of the History of the two shoemakers
• Two shoemakers. Part 4
• Cheap Repository; Pitcher never goes so often to the well but it is broke at last
• Prodigal son.

People / Organizations

• Hannah More (Author)

Imprint

London] : sold by J. Marshall, (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, and R. White, Piccadilly, London. By S. Hazard, at Bath, and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [1796

Added name

Marshall, John (Printer), printer, bookseller.; White, Richard, active 1795-1796, bookseller.; Hazard, Samuel, -1806, bookseller.; Lee, John, -1804, wood engraver.

Publication year

1796

ESTC No.

T165362

Grub Street ID

203619

Description

16 p. : ill. ; 8°.

Note

Signed on p. 15: Z. [i.e. Hannah More]; Price from imprint: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers. Price one penny

Below imprint in italics, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall

Entered in the Stationers' Register 1 April 1796 (Spinney)

This form of imprint was in use from February to December 1796 (Spinney)

The illustration on p. 15 is signed "Lee" (i.e. John Lee)

Includes (p. 16) "The prodigal son", in verse - "Behold the wretch whose lust and wine"

In this edition, line 2 of the imprint ends "for Religi-"; "Great allowance ..." is not preceded by an em-dash; and the "A" of signature "A2" is under "ta" of "repentance" in the line above

This edition not recorded by G.H. Spinney, 'Cheap Repository tracts: Hazard and Marshall edition.' In Library, 4th series, volume 20:3 (December 1939), 57

Signatures: A]8.