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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | First Footsteps In The Way Of Knowledge |
| Date | 1856 |
| Record ID | 216222 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | CL A5125 F522 1856 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Religion Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Sunday school literature Primers (Instructional books) Readers Children Animals Cats Religion |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts Religious Works |
| Publisher | American Tract Society |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Herrick, Henry Walker (1824-1906) Thwaites, William H Bogart, Robert M Bobbett, Albert (c.1824-1888) Annin, Phineas F Jocelyn, Albert H Whitney, Elias James (1827-) Bookhout, Edward Bogert, J Augustus Cox, Thomas (c.1831-) Richardson, James H (1848-1880) |
| Document Type | Primer Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1856 Primers (Instructional books)--1856 Readers |
| Size | 158 p. : ill. ; 16 cm |
| Page Numbers | 158 |
| Catalog Notes | The American Tract Society was first located at 150 Nassau St., New York, in 1832. The American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) was located at 28 Cornhill from 1842 to 1868. The address changes to 148 Tremont St. in the Boston directory for 1869. The engraving firm of Bross and Bogart was active in New York in 1856 and 1857. Cf. Groce, G. N.Y. Hist. Soc. dict. of artists in Amer., 1957. In brown cloth. Wood-engravings variously signed by Henry Walker Herrick; Albert Bobbett; Edward Bookhout; J. Augustus Bogert; James H. Richardson and Thomas Cox; "Pinkney;" Elias James Whitney, Albert H. Jocelyn, and Phineas F. Annin; William H. Thwaites; and Robert S. Bross and Robert M. Bogart. |
| 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. |