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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Good Girl's Primer / c.1859-1862 |
| Date | c.1859-1862 |
| Record ID | 216622 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-PamG655G52551859 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Gender and Sex |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Seasons Alphabet Sex role |
| Genre | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Momberger, William (1829-) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet Primer |
| Book Type | Relief prints Books for girls Juvenile literature--1859 Primers (Instructional books)--1859 Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Cancellation (Printing) Color printing (Printing) Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 |
| Catalog Notes | "Electrotyped by Vincent Dill, 24 Beekman St., New York"--at foot of p. [16]. McLoughlin Bros., Inc. was located at 24 Beekman St. between 1858 and 1862. Vincent Dill was located at the same address between 1859 and 1867. Pages [4-8] bear cancels for the wood engravings demonstrating various letters of the alphabet. These cancels are pasted over wood engravings featured in The good boy's primer. For example, a wood engraving depicting "A album" is pasted as a replacement over "A is for axe" on p. [4]. Printed in red and black ink. Illustrations signed by William Momberger. This issue features a series of wood engravings depicting the various seasons. "Primers. [Good] girl's [primer] 6 [cents]"--publisher's advertisement, p. [16]. |
| 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. |