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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Book Of Fruits |
| Date | 1837 |
| Record ID | 530581 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL-Pam B7246 F944 1837 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Fruit Nuts Temperance Race relations |
| Genre | Life Skills Texts |
| Author | Day, Mahlon (1790-1854) |
| Publisher | Merrill, Rufus (1803-1891) |
| Places | United States; New York |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1837 Booksellers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Hand colored illustrations Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 22, [2] p. : ill. ; 15 cm |
| Catalog Notes | "Here is a short history of those fruits ... that find their way to our numerous tempting fruit stands that are so profusely dressed off near the Fulton Market, or fine showy fruit stores in Broadway or Chatham-Street."--To children, verso of title page, signed: M.D. [i.e., Mahlon Day]. First and last page blank; pasted to printed wrapper. Afterpiece wood engraving (p. [23]) is of an African American woman giving apples to a two white children and one African American boy; it is identical to the wood engraving illustrating the story "The little white lamb and the little black lamb" that was published in the March-April 1833 issue of The juvenile miscellany. Maize, or Indian corn -- The orange -- The citron -- The lemon -- The tamarind -- The cashew-nut -- The cocoa-nut -- The papaw -- The mangostan -- The pine-apple -- The pomegranate -- The guava -- Plums and cherries. "School books, &c. Mahlon Day, at his long established stand, no. 374 Pearl St. a few doors above Franklin Square, New-York, has for sale, in quantities or by retail, the best editions of school, classical and miscellaneous books, including toy books ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
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