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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Punch's Visit To Mr Pug: Illustrated With Eight Whimsical Engravings / 1 |
| Date | c.1825-1834 |
| Record ID | 565934 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | Reserve 1823 41 |
| Theme | Gender and Sex Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Picture books Monkeys Adultery Wit and humor |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Morgan & Sons |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Charles, William (1776-1820) |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1825 Poems--1825 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Printed wrappers (Binding) Intaglio prints Hand colored illustrations. |
| Size | [8] leaves : ill. ; 14 cm |
| Page Numbers | [8] leaves : ill. 14 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title. Engraved throughout, presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 10. Engravings hand-colored under the direction of the publisher. William Charles died on Aug. 29, 1820, and the business continued by his wife, Mary Charles, until her death on Jan. 25, 1823. An advertisement published in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pa.), Dec. 18, 1823, p. 3, announced that Morgan & Yeager was selling children's books from the stock of William Charles' widow Mary, and of the firm's intent to publish children's books. Morgan & Yeager published in Philadelphia from 1823 to 1825.The succeeding firm of Morgan & Sons printed from ca. 1825 through 1834. Neither Morgan & Yeager nor Morgan & Sons are listed in extant Philadelphia directories. "Price plain, 12 1/2 cents--coloured 18 3/4 cents."--foot of cover. "Morgan & Sons, have recently published, and for sale, juvenile books, embellished with neat engravings. ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
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Pug's Visit To Mr Punch / Illustrated With Eight Whimsical Engravings |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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