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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Mrs Trimmer's History of the Robins: In Words of One Syllable |
| Date | 1872 |
| Record ID | 221479 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | CL S975 M678 1872 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | 1-3 syllable books Children's stories Birds--Juvenile literature Animal welfare Farm life--Juvenile literature Women as authors Readers Presentation inscriptions |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Author | Swete, Charles |
| Publisher | George Routledge & Sons |
| Places | New York (State) |
| Illustrator | Weir, Harrison (1824-1906) |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1872 Readers Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Publishers' advertisements--England--London Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1872 Gold blocked bindings (Binding) Relief prints Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [9], 2-246, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm |
| Page Numbers | 264 |
| Additional Notes | Greenaway, John (1816-1890) engraver. |
| Catalog Notes | "We may claim for this edition of the 'History of the robins,' the character of a monosyllabic work; while, that it may not lose the sense of the original, we have retained the names which occur in Mrs. Trimmer's beautiful story, and a very few words, which have no synonyms of a simpler class."--preface, signed C.S., p. [5]. Cover title: The history of the robins in words of one syllable. Spine title: History of the robins. Copy in hand bears a New Year's inscription dated 1873. "Anderson & Ramsay, printers, 28 Frankfort Street, New York."--verso of title page. In terra-cotta cloth. Wood-engraved illustrations signed by Harrison Weir and John Greenaway. "Illustrated juvenile books, published by George Routledge & Sons, London, and 416 Broome Street, New York."--publisher's advertisement, [2] p. at end. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Roland Hayward from his grandmother. 1873. A happy N. Year. |
| 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. |