The following -- in progress -- are examples of earlier publications of nursery rhymes (variously called 'rhymes', 'sonnets', &c.,) and are reproduced at the same size of the originals where the entire page image is shown.
A Collection of Nursery Rhymes (c.1820). Published by Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
Gammer Gurton's Garland of Nursery Songs & Toby Tickle's Collection of Riddles (c.1810), compiled by Peter Puzzlecap. Juvenile Library. Published by Lumsden & Son, 60 Queen St, Glasgow.