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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Book of Trades Occupations, Alphabets & Natural History / c.1862-1864 |
| Date | c.1862-1864 |
| Record ID | 214551 |
| Collection Name | Mcloughlin Competitors |
| Reference | CL-PamB7246T76321863F |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Professions Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Occupations Animals Children's poetry |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Essig, George Emerick |
| Document Type | Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1862 Alphabet books--1862 Readers Primers (Instructional books)--1863 Poems--1862 Hymns Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Publishers' advertisements--Maryland--Baltimore Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Color printing (Printing) Relief prints Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Mostly pictures with one-word captions; includes some lists of syllables for reading practice and some prayers and hymn verses. Title and imprint statement from printed wrapper. Wrapper printed in red, green, and black ink. "Fisher & Brothers's (12 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia, and 64 Baltimore Street, Baltimore,) famous picture books, with plenty to laugh at, and plenty to learn."--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of printed wrapper. Fisher & Brother was located at 12 North Sixth St., Philadelphia, between 1862 and 1868. The address changes to 9 North Sixth St. in the directory for 1868-69. Fisher & Brother also published at 64 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, between 1855 and 1864. According to the Baltimore directory for 1865-66, the firm name changed to Fisher and Denison. Pagination: [1], 1-14, [1] p. Even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. One wood-engraving signed "G. Essig del. sc." (i.e., George Emrick Essig?). Illustrations hand-colored, under the direction of the publisher. "Pleasure books. Royal octavo, 6 kinds, 2 of each kind in the dozen, 16 pages each, printed and colored on all sides. No blank pages. A beautiful set of the largest toy books published."--series title, publisher's advertisement. |
| 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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