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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Shakspearian Tales in Verse for Children / c.1882 |
| Date | c.1882 |
| Record ID | 222061 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McLV1586S5271882 |
| Theme | Travel Family and Relationships Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Children's poetry Marriage Merchants Debt Jews Fairy poetry Kings and rulers Princes Women as authors Theater Tiger Musical instruments Dinners and dining Horses Ships Seafaring life Shipwrecks Bears |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Valentine, Laura (1814-1899) |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | André, Richard (1834-1907) |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Lithographs Chromolithographs Half-cloth bindings (Binding)--1882 Pictorial bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1882 Poems--1882 Color printing (Printing) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [64] p., [1] leaf : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | 64 , 1 leaf |
| Catalog Notes | "No. 754--Shakespearian tales in verse--half bound ... more than fifty illustrations after AndreÌ. These plays are beautifully told by Mrs. Valentine in easy and graceful verse, perfectly suited to the understanding of children."--Catalogue of McLoughlin Bros. toy books, 1886: p. 20. "Copyrighted--1882--by McLoughlin Bros."--at foot of cover. In printed boards with cloth spine. Edges colored red. Boards chromolithographed. Cover design includes pictorial respresentations of the four plays. Cover design signed: Bruton del. Title leaf lithographed in red, gold, and blue ink. Illustrations chromolithographed. Text and illustrations are framed with a color border on each page. "Richard AndreÌ" is the pseudonym of artist William Roger Snow. |
| 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. |