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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The National Pictorial Primer; Or The First Book For Children, Designed For Home Or Parental Instruction, Embellished With Numerous Engravings, And Pretty Stories, Which Will Please The Children Amazingly! |
| Date | 1844 |
| Record ID | 219626 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | Primers N277 P611 1844a |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Family and Relationships Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Animals Birds Temperance Primers (Instructional books) Readers Publishers' advertisements New York |
| Genre | Life Skills Texts |
| Publisher | George F Cooledge & Brother |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Matteson, Tompkins Harrison (1813-1884) Anderson, Alexander (1775-1870), engraver Baker, William Jay |
| Document Type | Primer Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1844 Primers (Instructional books)--1844 Readers Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) Relief prints |
| Size | 46, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm |
| Page Numbers | 48 |
| Additional Notes | Last page blank; pasted to paper binding. Frontispiece signed "Matteson d. Anderson sc." (i.e., Tompkins Harrison Matteson and Alexander Anderson?). Vignette on upper cover signed "WJB" (i.e., William Jay Baker?). American Antiquarian Society copy A bears publisher's advertisement on lower cover. American Antiquarian Society copy B page 47 is numbered. Bears decorative alphabet on lower cover. |
| Catalog Notes | Variant states noted; one state includes a publisher's advertisement on lower cover, another a decorative alphabet. George F. Cooledge & Brother published at 323 Pearl St., New York, from 1844 to 1871. Last page blank; pasted to paper binding. Frontispiece signed "Matteson d. Anderson sc." (i.e., Tompkins Harrison Matteson and Alexander Anderson?). Vignette on upper cover signed "WJB" (i.e., William Jay Baker?). |
| 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. |