Amplify’d from www.nonsenselit.org
Limerick Books
of the 1820s
The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women, illustrated by as many engravings:
exhibiting their Principal Eccentricities and Amusements
The first book of English "nonsense verses" was published
by John Harris and Son, at the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, in
1820.The author is unknown. A black and white facsimile is available at the Hockliffe Project site.
Anecdotes and Adventures of Fifteen Gentlemen
A third book was published, probably a short time later, by John Marshall,
Anecdotes and Adventures of Fifteen Young Ladies, available online thanks to the Hockliffe Project. This also "may have been written by Richard Scrafton Sharp (c.1775-1852) and illustrated by George Cruikshank's elder brother, Robert."
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/br22j
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