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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Gulliver's Travels in Brobdingnag / 1886 |
| Date | 1886 |
| Record ID | 425850 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL S977 G971 1886 |
| Theme | Travel Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Picture books for children Voyages and travels Adventure stories Color printing Printed wrappers Pictorial bindings Publishers' copies Ink stamps |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Author | Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Walla, X A McVicker |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1886 Imaginary voyages Fantasy literature--1886 Color printing (Printing) Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Chromolithographs Photomechanical prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) Ink stamps (Provenance) Labels (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 |
| Additional Notes | Excerpt from Gulliver's travels by Jonathan Swift. Caption title: Gulliver's voyage to Brobdingnag. "15 cent books ... No. 119 1/2.--Gulliver and Landseer series. Four kinds. Consists of two famous stories by Dean Swift, namely: Gulliver's travels in Lilliput and Gulliver's travels in Brobdingnag: and two books from designs by the great English painter Landseer, entitled Landseer's book of dogs and Landseer's pet animals. Each book contains four elegant illustrations, printed in oil colors. ..."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1886), p. 10. Cover and illustrations chromolithographed. The back cover has a photo engraving of a girl holding a kitten while a dog looks on; photo engraving signed: X.A. Walla; McVicker. Large format McLoughlin picture books issued with a back cover illustration (as opposed to a publisher's advertisement) were common in McLoughlin picture books published ca. 1885-1889. |
| Catalog Notes | Excerpt from Gulliver's travels by Jonathan Swift. Caption title: Gulliver's voyage to Brobdingnag. "15 cent books ... No. 119 1/2.--Gulliver and Landseer series. Four kinds. Consists of two famous stories by Dean Swift, namely: Gulliver's travels in Lilliput and Gulliver's travels in Brobdingnag: and two books from designs by the great English painter Landseer, entitled Landseer's book of dogs and Landseer's pet animals. Each book contains four elegant illustrations, printed in oil colors. ..."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1886), p. 10. Cover and illustrations chromolithographed. The back cover has a photo engraving of a girl holding a kitten while a dog looks on; photo engraving signed: X.A. Walla; McVicker. Large format McLoughlin picture books issued with a back cover illustration (as opposed to a publisher's advertisement) were common in McLoughlin picture books published ca. 1885-1889. |
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