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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Columbian Primer, Or Child's First Lessons / c.1852-1855 |
| Date | c.1852-1855 |
| Record ID | 215426 |
| Collection Name | Alphabet Books |
| Reference | PrimersC726P9531852 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Professions |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts |
| Publisher | Leviathan Printing Establishment |
| Places | Dexter; Me |
| Document Type | Pamphlet Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1852 Primers (Instructional books)--1852 Alphabet books--1852 Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : ill. ; 15 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Wrapper title and imprint vary: The Columbian primer. Or Child's first lessons; be ng [sic] an arrangement of letters and words, made easy for the improvement of young children. D. Bugbee, Bangor, Me. In 1852, Joseph Freeman Witherell moved to Dexter, Me. and founded the Leviathan Printing Establishment. Cf. Plummer, Stanley. A history of the town of Dexter, 1801-1901, 1976 reissue, p. 26. David Bugbee published in Bangor under his own name until 1855 when he joined Edwin P. Dillingham to form David Bugbee & Co. |
| 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. |