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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Charades Alphabetiques / c.1845-1846 |
| Date | c.1845-1846 |
| Record ID | 213597 |
| Collection Name | Alphabet Books |
| Reference | CLA1962C4691845F |
| Theme | Leisure and Play Education and Didactic Texts Professions |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Puns and punning Plays on words Soldiers Play Animals Occupations |
| Genre | Pictorial Works |
| Publisher | Chez Aubert & Cie |
| Imprint | Adam, Victor |
| Places | Paris |
| Document Type | Alphabet Book Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1845 Trans-Atlantic imprints (Publishing) Alphabet books--1845 Puzzles Publishers' catalogs--France--Paris Color printing (Printing) Printed boards (Binding) Lithographs |
| Size | [27] leaves, [16] p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 35 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Each leaf (except title leaf and leaf [27]) is devoted to a single letter of the alphabet (which appears at the head of the leaf), with three illustrations representing clues to parts of a French word. The answer to the word puzzle/pun begins with the featured alphabet letter. "London published by Ch. Tilt, 86 Fleet Street. Chez Aubert. New-York published by Bailly Ward & Co."--at foot of leaf [3]. Importers of fancy goods Simon Bailly and Augustus H. Ward operated the firm Bailly, Ward & Co. at 41 Maiden Lane, New York, between 1832 and 1842. "Le keepsake des dames pour 1846"--p. [3] of publisher's catalogue, at end. "A Paris, chez Bance, rue St. Denis, no. 214. Lith. de Benard et Frey."--at foot of leaf [4]. In lithographed boards. Upper cover bears the words "Charades alphabetiques par Victor Adam" in gilt. Upper cover also has two pictorial vignettes. Lithographed throughout. Leaves signed: V. Adam. "Aubert et Cie, eÌditeurs, Place de la Bourse, 29, a Paris"--publisher's catalogue, [16] p. at end "ImprimeÌ par Plon freÌ€res, a Paris."--at foot of p. 2 of catalogue. "Les charades alphabeÌtiques, par V. Adam. 25 belles planches. Prix, cartonneÌ. 10 fr. Couleur, cartonneÌ. 25 [fr.]."--price, p. [7] of catalogue. (Page is numbered 5.) Copy in hand is not colored. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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