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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Delightful Colored Picture Book / c.1862-1864 |
| Date | c.1862-1864 |
| Record ID | 538129 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB112 |
| Theme | Race, Ethnicity and Racism Animals and Nature Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Picnics Seafaring life Country life Japanese Orphans Indians of North America Commerce Animals |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1862 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Publishers' advertisements--Maryland--Baltimore Color printing (Printing) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Hand colored illustrations Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title. "Fisher & Brother'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 1869. 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. Wrapper printed in red, green, and black ink. Pagination: [1], 1-14, [1] p. Even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. "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. ... The delightful colored picture book. ..."--series title, publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| 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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