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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Book Of Laughter / c.1858-1860 |
| Date | c.1858-1860 |
| Record ID | 537876 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB107 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Leisure and Play |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Children's poetry Wit and humor Juvenile Animals Birds Fishes Brothers and sisters Gardening |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1858 Alphabet books--1858 Poems--1858 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York 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 alphabet. Text alternates between poetry and prose. Cover title; series transposed from head of title. Fisher & Brother was located at 10 S. Sixth St., Philadelphia between 1858 and 1861; at 74 Chatham St., New York between 1850 and 1860; at 71 Court St., Boston between 1851 and 1860; and at 64 Baltimore St., Baltimore between 1855 and 1864. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. Pagination: [1], 1-14, [1] p. Even-numbered rectos. "Fisher & Brother's Great big toy books, printed and splendidly colored on all sides. No blank pages: twelve kinds, sixteen pages each ... The book of laughter ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. Illustrations hand-colored. Cover wood engraving signed: Gilbert [i.e., Reuben S. Gilbert?]. "Happy children."--poem, p. [15]. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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