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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Picture Alphabet / c.1879 / 1 |
| Date | c.1879 |
| Record ID | 215597 |
| Collection Name | Alphabet Books |
| Reference | CLD1341P6111879F |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Animals and Nature Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Poetry Children Names Personal Play Animals Pets Sex role Women as authors Women as illustrators |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts |
| Publisher | JB Lippincott & Co |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | H J R Edwards, Mary Ellen (1838-1934) E N D Lawson, Lizzie E J W Gunston, W |
| Document Type | Alphabet Book Picture Book |
| Book Type | Chromolithographs Relief prints Half-cloth bindings (Binding)--1879 Pictorial bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1879 Alphabet books--1879 Poems--1879 Bookplates (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [56] p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Verse with pictures. Many of the letters stand for children's names. Cover transcription varies: The picture alphabet ABC for good boys and girls[.] Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott & Co. By Delia Knipe (i.e., "Cousin Daisy"). Copy in hand bears an inscription dated 1879. In chromolithographed boards with cloth spine. Lower cover features relief print of a group of children clamoring for an assortment of books published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., including Boy's & girl's treasury, The my books, The budget, Playmate, and The prattler. Relief prints variously signed by E. Stevens, "GLS," John Greenaway, "HJR," Mary Ellen Edwards, R. & E. Taylor, "END," Lizzie Lawson, "EJW" (i.e., Elias J. Whitney?), "Gunston," Thomas Cobb, R.S. Marriott, Edith Scannell, "A," and "MK." |
| Linked Documents |
The Picture Alphabet / c.1842-1853 / 1 The Picture Alphabet / c.1842-1853 / 2 The Picture Alphabet / c.1848 The Picture Alphabet / c.1879 / 2 |
| 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. |