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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Hymns in Prose for Children / 1866 |
| Date | 1866 |
| Record ID | 214255 |
| Collection Name | Mcloughlin Competitors |
| Reference | CLB232H9961866 |
| Theme | Women in Publishing Religion Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Natural theology Women as authors |
| Genre | Religious Works |
| Author | Barbauld, Anna Letitia (1743-1825) |
| Publisher | Hurd & Houghton |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Wimperis, Edmund Morrison (1835-1900) Coleman, William Stephen (1829-1904) Kennedy, T Barnes, Robert (1840-1895) |
| Document Type | Anthology |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1866 Hymns Trans-Atlantic imprints (Publishing) Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding)--1866 Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1866 Gold stamped cloth (Binding) Grained cloth (Binding)--1866 Gilt edges (Binding) Relief prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | xii, [1], 2-100 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Without music. "The peculiar design of this publication is to impress devotional feelings as early as possible on the infant mind ... to impress them, by connecting religion with a variety of sensible objects"--Preface, signed, "A.L.B.," p. vi. "The blending of the illustrations with the type will be found no unimportant feature; a unity being thereby obtained, which is alike pleasing and less fatiguing both to the mind and eye"--Preface to the present edition, dated at London, November, 1863, p. viii. Spine title: Barbauld's hymns in prose for children. Frontispiece and title plates included in pagination. In cloth with gilt title and vignette of Christ and a child on upper cover. "List of illustrations. Engraved by James D. Cooper."--p. [ix]-xii. Illustrations variously attributed to R. Barnes, T. Kennedy, E.M. Wimperis, and W.S. Coleman. |
| Linked Documents |
Hymns For Children / 1842 Hymns For Children in Prose Hymns For Children / c. 1840 Hymns for Little Children / 1820 Hymns For Little Children / 1872 Hymns In Prose For Children / 1868 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |