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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Poetical Geography: Designed to Accompany Outline Maps or School Atlases: To Which are Added the Rules of Arithmetic in Rhyme [Six Lines Of Verse] |
| Date | 1851 |
| Record ID | 65333 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | SB Geog. V285p 1851 F |
| Theme | Nationality and Place Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Juvenile literature Primers Readers Printed wrappers |
| Genre | Non-Fiction Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Van Waters, George |
| Publisher | Turner, Lewis Wilmot |
| Places | Ohio |
| Illustrator | Seure Orr, John William (1815-1887) |
| Document Type | Primer Atlas/Geography Book |
| Book Type | Relief prints Printed paper bindings (Binding) Poems--1851 Juvenile literature--1851 Textbooks Subscription publications Advertisements--Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc Maps |
| Size | vi, 7-80 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm |
| Page Numbers | 80 |
| Catalog Notes | Copyright 1849 by George Van Waters. Wood-engraved vignette on title page has caption: Black and white swan. Wood engravings variously signed by "Anderson" (i.e., Alexander Anderson), front cover; "Brainerd" (i.e., Jehu Brainard?), p. [iv]; "H.C.C." (i.e., Henry C. Chowing, Jr.?), p. 16, "Lossing sc." (i.e., Benson John Lossing) and "Seure Prix.," p. 47; "J.W. Orr del. & sc.," p. 67; and "Wightman Buffalo N.Y." (i.e., George D. Wightman), p. 74. Cf. Sinclair Hamilton's description of the Louisville, 1851 ed. described in his Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), entry 1991. "The rules of arithmetic. In verse."--p. 75-80. "Agents wanted. Agents are wanted to sell The poetical geography in nearly every town in New England. ... For an agency in any part of the New England states, apply to L.W. Turner, Northfield, Litchfield Co., Conn. ..."--advertisement, back cover. |
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