The seasons
Print Book, English, 1800
L. Strutt, Little Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, . : E. Burns, No. 54, Tottenham Court Road, & . : E. Newbery ... 17 Nov r, London, 1800
engr sheet folded in 4 sections w/ fold-overs at top & bottom. 9.4 cm
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Edges of the foldovers tender, some creased
In this harlequinade the Seasons are compared with the ages of man and woman: Spring = Childhood; Summer = Courting; Autumn = Marriage; Winter = Old Age
Together with somewhat later red paper (in imitation of straight grain morocco)--wraps with ms label. Harlequinade was sewn into wrap, initially with single pamphlet stitch of black thread, which failed, later stitched again with white thread. Ivy removed later stitching bits of the foldovers had been sewn down