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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Ark Alphabet / c.1886 |
| Date | c.1886 |
| Record ID | 213986 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McLA721A4561886b |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Religion Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Children's poetry Animals in the Bible Alphabet Camels Bears Cows Elephants Foxes Chickens Horses Lion Swine Cats Monkeys Ravens Tiger Sheep Bats Snakes Fishes Zebra Wolves |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Pamphlet Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1886 Alphabet books--1886 Poems--1886 Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Color printing (Printing) Relief prints Bookplates (Provenance) Ink stamps (Provenance) Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 |
| Catalog Notes | Full-page illustrations followed by two pages of verse text. "The design of this book, is to give children a pleasing little task in finding out the animals that stand for the letters. They will thus gain some slight knowledge of natural history."--p. [2]. Title and imprint statement from wrapper. "The Ark alphabet, 18. Gross. Retails 12 1/2 cents each. A very showy book, with one double and six full-paged illustrations of the animals taken into the ark by Noah. Elegantly printed in colors. Royal 8vo. Showy covers in oil colors. Put up separately, in dozens."--Catalogue of toy books (New York: McLoughlin Bros.), ca. 1876, p. 18. Page [4] of wrapper features lithographed design of little girl clutching toy ark. Illustrations (as opposed to publisher's advertisements) start to appear on McLouglhin picture books beginning in about 1886. Page [4] of wrapper features lithographed design of little girl clutching toy ark. Wrapper and illustrations printed in color by a relief process (zinc etching). |
| Linked Documents |
The Ark Alphabet / c.1868-1874 The Ark Alphabet / c.1883 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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