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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pictures & Stories From Natural History / 1899 |
| Date | 1899 |
| Record ID | 425686 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL P611 N285 1899 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Animals Birds Color printing Annotations Natural history |
| Genre | Non-Fiction Fiction |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Elwes, Alfred Thomas (1819-1888) Weir, Harrison (1824-1906) |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1886 Color printing (Printing) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Half-cloth bindings (Binding)--1899 Chromolithographs Lithographs Publishers' copies (Provenance) Annotations (Provenance) Archival drawings. |
| Size | [100] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | 100 |
| Additional Notes | McLoughlin Bro's 890 Broadway New-York."--cover. "Edition 1909. #2850."--inscription, cover. McLoughlin Bros. was located at 890 Broadway, New York, between 1899 and about 1920. "$1.25 half bound books ... No. 804.--Pictures and stories of natural history. ... It contains thirty-six full page illustrations of animals and birds, printed in oil colors ... Quarto, 96 pages, board covers, varnished."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1899), p. 53. A later edition of this book was issued by McLoughlin Bros. under the title Natural history story book, with the inventory number 2850. Cf. McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1910), p. 67. Description from the 1899 catalogue more closely describes the American Antiquarian Society copy. Illustration of a leopard, p. [52], signed, "A.T. Elwes." Illustration of birds, p. [84], signed: H. Weir. Contents: Domestic animals; Small animals; Wild animals; Game animals; Small birds; Large birds. |
| Catalog Notes | "McLoughlin Bro's 890 Broadway New-York."--cover. "Edition 1909. #2850."--inscription, cover. McLoughlin Bros. was located at 890 Broadway, New York, between 1899 and about 1920. "1.25 half bound books ... No. 804.--Pictures and stories of natural history. ... It contains thirty-six full page illustrations of animals and birds, printed in oil colors ... Quarto, 96 pages, board covers, varnished."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1899), p. 53. A later edition of this book was issued by McLoughlin Bros. under the title Natural history story book, with the inventory number 2850. Cf. McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1910), p. 67. Description from the 1899 catalogue more closely describes the American Antiquarian Society copy. Illustration of a leopard, p. [52], signed, "A.T. Elwes." Illustration of birds, p. [84], signed: H. Weir. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy belonged to the McLoughlin Bros., inc. business archives; it was purchased from dealer Justin G. Schiller in 1997. Copy has illustrations based on drawings held at AAS housed in McLoughlin Bros. Collection, 1997 Addition, Box 24, Folder 9, 11; Box 30, Folder 15, 16; Box 31, Folder 1-7. |
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| 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. |