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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Historical Alphabet, in Rhyme Or A Peep At People of Different Nations / 1833 |
| Date | 1833 |
| Record ID | 540339 |
| Collection Name | Alphabet Books |
| Reference | CL-PamG646C53621833b-w |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Animals and Nature Race, Ethnicity and Racism |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Ethnic groups Race Country life |
| Genre | Pictorial Works |
| Publisher | Mahlon Day |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1833 Alphabet books--1833 Poems--1833 Chapbooks--1833 Relief prints |
| Size | 17 [i.e., 16] p. : ill. ; 11 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Pictorial alphabet in verse, p. 4-16, followed by an unrelated prose piece on hay making. Title page verse: When you have read this book quite through, and want another kind, be sure to call at Mahlon Day's, some new one there you'll find. Wood-engraved vignette on title page has caption: Ancient Roman. Error in paging: p. 3-16 misnumbered 4-17. "Mahlon Day, has lately made so great an addition to his former large assortment of toy books, and been at the trouble to send for the copies of some of them from England, that he thinks he can now accommodate all his little customers, in the city and country, with such books, as will both please and instruct them."--Advertisement, verso of title page, dated: New-York, 2d month, 1833. |
| 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. |