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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Dame Duck's Lecture |
| Date | c.1865 |
| Record ID | 215617 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL Box C5553d 1865 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Birds Picture books Fables Poems |
| Genre | Fables |
| Publisher | L Prang & Company |
| Places | United States; Boston |
| Illustrator | Prang, Louis (1824-1909) |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1865 Fables--1865 Poems--1865 Chapbooks--1865 Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston Color printing (Printing) Boxed sets (Publishing) Printed wrappers (Binding) Accordion fold format (Binding) Chromolithographs |
| Size | 1 folded leaf ([12] p.) : ill. ; 11 cm |
| Catalog Notes | In verse. Title, imprint, and copyright statements from p. [1] of wrapper. Issued with five other titles (variously bearing copyright dates of 1864 and 1865), in an 8 x 12 x 6 cm. stiff-paper box. Cover top bears series title and design of a Christmas stocking and holly chromolithographed in red, green, and gold ink on a silver background, bordered by a blue frame with gold stars. Sides of box mottled. Text and illustrations chromolithographed. One leaf folded accordion-style to make twelve pages. Leaf consists of two sections pasted together; one folded into eight segments; the other folded into four segments. In glazed paper printed wrapper; wrapper printed in purple ink. "Christmas stocking library"--series title, box top. Numbered list, inside box top. Publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| Linked Documents |
A Visit From Saint Nicholas / c.1864 / 3 The Story of Hans the Swapper Who Stole The Birds Nest In the Forest / 1 A Farm Yard Story Christmas Stocking Library / Box |
| 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. |