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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Little Man And The Little Maid |
| Date | c.1864-1865 |
| Record ID | 356174 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL-Pam L778 M266 1864 |
| Theme | Gender and Sex Race, Ethnicity and Racism |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Picture books Wealth Jews |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Sedley, Sir Charles (c.1639-1701) Cundall, Joseph (1818-1895) |
| Publisher | Hurd & Houghton |
| Places | United States; New York |
| Illustrator | Absolon, John (1815-1895) Edmonds, Charles (c.1823-) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Relief prints Printed stiffened paper bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1864 Nursery rhymes--1864 Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Color printing (Printing) Bookplates (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Attributed to Charles Sedley by Horace Walpole. Cf. Oxford companion to children's literature, 1984. The text and illustrations originally appeared in A treasury of pleasure books for young children (London, 1850), edited by Joseph Cundall. Hurd & Houghton published at 401 Broadway, New York, from 1864 to 1865. Last page blank; pasted to printed stiffened paper binding. Paper binding printed in red, green, and black ink. Wood-engraved illustrations printed in color. Illustrations are by John Absolon. (Absolon's illustrations for this poem appear under his name in a John McLoughlin, Jr. issue of The courtship and wedding of the little man and the little maid (ca. 1852).) Wood-engraved illustration on wrapper signed "C. Edmonds sc." (i.e., Charles Edmonds). "Illuminated toy books. Hurd and Houghton publishers and booksellers, 401 Broadway, corner of Walker Street, New York ... Pleasure books. Printed in oil colors ... The little man and little maid"--series list, lower cover. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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