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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pretty Rhymes About Birds and Animals |
| Date | c.1849 |
| Record ID | 220481 |
| Collection Name | Chapbooks |
| Reference | CL-PamP9221R47991849 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Birds Animals Counting-out rhymes Owls Robins Cats Ponies Roosters Animal welfare |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | Isaac Trescott E Harris |
| Places | Salem, Ohio |
| Document Type | Chapbook Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Relief prints Printed wrappers (Binding) Juvenile literature--1849 Nursery rhymes--1849 Chapbooks--1849 Miniature books (Printing) Bookplates (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 8 p. : ill. ; 85 mm |
| Page Numbers | 8 p. : |
| Catalog Notes | Isaac Trescott worked briefly as a school teacher in Salem, Ohio, ca. 1833. He subsequently worked in his father's grocery store selling books, and eventually opened his own bookstore. A Quaker, Trescott was also active in the anti-slavery Philanthropist Society, ca. 1835. See George P. Hunt, History of Salem, (1898), p. 48 and 139-141. Text is very similar to another issue of the same title published by J.S. Redfield of New York, ca. 1843. Printer Ezekiel Harris moved to Salem, Ohio from St. Clairsville, Ohio ca. 1842. The earliest printed date located on Isaac Trescott publication is 1849. In printed wrapper. Series title transcribed from head of p. [1] of wrapper. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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