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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Peacock "At Home": Or Grand Assemblage Of Birds |
| Date | 1823-1825 |
| Record ID | 532881 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | Reserve 1823 20 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Women in Publishing Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Picture books Birds Parties Angels Valentine's Day Women as authors |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Author | Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner (c.1750-c.1817) |
| Publisher | Morgan & Yeager |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Roscoe, William (1753-1831) M'Culloch, William Charles, William (1776-1820) |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Intaglio prints Hand colored illustrations Printed wrappers (Binding) Juvenile literature--1823 Poems--1823 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Ornate types (Type evidence) |
| Size | 16 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 14 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 p., [8] leaves of plates: col. ill. 14 cm |
| Additional Notes | Philadelphia : Published by Morgan & Yeager, at their Juvenile Bookstore. Price 25 cents coloured, 18 cents plain., [between 1823 and 1825]. Subtitle: 'Written By Roscoe; Illustrated With Beautiful Engravings'. |
| Catalog Notes | In verse. Attributed to Catherine Ann Turner Dorset by d'AlteÌ Welch. "Roscoe" is William Roscoe, author of "The butterfly's ball." "The peacock 'at home'" was published as a sequel to that work. Reissue of the sheets of: The peacock "at home:" or Grand assemblage of birds. Written by Roscoe. Illustrated with elegant engravings. Philadelphia: Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1814. W. M'Culloch, printer. Plates probably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 10. Frontispiece plate of "Valentine's Day" features a cherub with pairs of birds. Illustrations hand-colored. William Charles died on Aug. 29, 1820, and the business continued by his wife, Mary Charles, until her death on Jan. 25, 1823. An advertisement published in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pa.), Dec. 18, 1823, p. 3, announced that Morgan & Yeager was selling children's books from the stock of William Charles' widow Mary, and of the firm's intent to publish children's books. Morgan & Yeager published in Philadelphia from 1823 to 1825. "Of Morgan & Yeager, may be had the following juvenile books ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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