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The history of little Goody Twoshoes, otherwise called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes : with the means by which she acquired her learning and wisdom and in consequence thereof her estate ... see the original manuscript in the Vatican at Rome, and the cuts by Michael Angelo, illustrated with the comments of our great modern criticks

Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, Jones, Giles, active 1765, Jones, Griffith, 1722-1786, Newbery, John, 1713-1767, Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer · 1787 · Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : By Isaiah Thomas, and sold wholesale and retail at his book store, MDCCLXXVII [1787] · 36 pictures

The History of Little Goody Twoshoes is a juvenile chapbook-style children's book attributed to Oliver Goldsmith and John Newbery, printed in 1787 at Worcester, Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas for young readers. The small woodcuts show a girl walking alone, a girl carrying a bundle, children playing ball near a house, and a boy with a bird on his head beside a small building. Their simple, crude outlines and framed vignettes suggest a designer could borrow the naive, rustic woodcut style for folk-toned children's graphics or simple pictograms.

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