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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Fisher & Brother's ABC / c.1862-1864 |
| Date | c.1862-1864 |
| Record ID | 538411 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB115 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Animals |
| Genre | Pictorial Works |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Hillen, John Francis Edward |
| Document Type | Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1862 Alphabet books--1862 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Publishers' advertisements--Maryland--Baltimore Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Relief prints Hand colored illustrations Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Each letter of the alphabet is represented by an animal. Cover title. Fisher & Brother was located at 12 North Sixth St., Philadelphia, between 1862 and 1868. The address changes to 9 North Sixth St. in the directory for 1868-69. Fisher & Brother also published at 64 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, between 1855 and 1864. According to the Baltimore directory for 1865-66, the firm name changed to Fisher and Denison. Pages [2-14] numbered 1-13. Even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. Wood-engraved illustrations hand-colored under the direction of the publisher. Illustration, p. [3], signed: E. Hillen [i.e., John Francis Edward Hillen?]. Advertisement for Famous picture books, Pleasure books, and Home picture books, p. [4] of wrapper. Alphabet and multiplication table, p. [15]. |
| 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. |