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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Paul And Virginia / c.1862-1864 |
| Date | c.1862-1864 |
| Record ID | 546919 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB136 |
| Theme | Nationality and Place Slavery |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children French Love Slaves Shipwrecks |
| Genre | Pictorial Works |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--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. ; 28 cm |
| Catalog Notes | A picture book adaptation of Paul et Virginie by Bernardin de St. Pierre. Cover title; series from head of title. Fisher & Brother was located at 12 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia between 1862 and 1868, and at 64 Baltimore St., Baltimore between 1855 and 1864. Pagination: [1], 1-14, [1]; even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. Wrapper and textual wood engravings colored under the direction of the publisher. "Fisher & Brother's Great big toy books, printed and splendidly colored on all sides, no blank pages: twelve kinds, sixteen pages each ... Paul and Virginia. The fair children of France. ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| 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. |