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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pictures of Comical People: With Stories About Them: For Children of All Ages / The Illustrations From Designs By Granville [Sic] and Others |
| Date | 1862 |
| Record ID | 220347 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL P6126 C733 1862 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Nationality and Place Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Wit and humor Juvenile Animals--Juvenile literature Anthologies |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Crosby, Nichols, and Company |
| Places | Boston |
| Illustrator | Grandville, J J (1803-1847) McLenan, John (1827-1866) |
| Document Type | Anthology Novel |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1862 Anthologies Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1862 Blocked bindings (Binding) Relief prints |
| Size | [5], 8-364 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm |
| Additional Notes | A, engraver; Orr, John William (1815-1887), engraver. |
| Catalog Notes | Wood-engraved half-title plate: Comical people. In purple cloth. Wood-engraved illustrations variously signed by J.W. Orr, "A," and "JML" (i.e., John McLenan?). Includes "Adventures of a bear" and "Adventures of a dog" by Alfred Elwes, and "The good-natured bear" by R.H. Horne. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society bears some hand-colored wood engravings. |
| 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. |