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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Illustrated Scriptural Alphabet / c.1856 |
| Date | c.1856 |
| Record ID | 217568 |
| Collection Name | Alphabet Books |
| Reference | CL-PamI29S4341856F |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Religion |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Picture books Bible stories |
| Genre | Religious Works Pedagogical Texts |
| Publisher | Keller & Bright |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Croome, William (1790-1860) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Relief prints Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1856 Poems--1856 Alphabet books--1856 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
| Size | [8] leaves : col. ill. ; 27 cm |
| Catalog Notes | In verse. "Keller's royal toys"--series title, p. [4] of printed wrapper. "Colored juvenile books, published by Keller & Bright, S.W. corner of Chesnut and Fourth Streets, Philadelphia. These books are all original, presenting a series of moral and instructive nursery publications unsurpassed, from the highly popular pens of Lawrence Lovechild and others, embellished with elegant, richly colored illustrations, engraved on wood in the highest style of the art, by Croom [sic] & Brightly, Gilbert & Gihon, Waitt, Downes [i.e., J. Downes], and other eminent artists, from beautiful original and characteristic designs drawn expressly for them by Darley and Croome."--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. Wood-engraved illustrations hand-colored. Keller & Bright published at S.W. Fourth and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, in 1856 and 1857. |
| 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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