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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Elements of Geography Made Easy: Embellished With Neat Coloured Copperplate Engravings: Designed to Render a General Knowledge of the Elements of Geography and Maps, so Plain and Easy, as to Come Within the Capacity of Our Most Juvenile Readers |
| Date | 1823-1825 |
| Record ID | 422285 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | Reserve 1823 08 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Geography |
| Genre | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Morgan & Yeager |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Charles, William (1776-1820) |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Hand-colored illustrations Juvenile literature--1823 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Printed wrappers (Binding) Intaglio prints Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [12] leaves : col. ill. ; 18 cm |
| Page Numbers | [12] leaves : col. ill. 18 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title. Metal-engraved illustrations and text. Probably engraved by William Charles, who produced picture books later reissued by Morgan & Yeager. 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. "Of Morgan & Yeager, may be had the following improved juvenile books. Embellished with neat coloured engravings. ..."--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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