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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Treasury of Pleasure Books / 1851 |
| Date | 1851 |
| Record ID | 530688 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompC081 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Calendar Events and Holidays |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | Elton & Co |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Absolon, John (1815-1895) Weir, Harrison (1824-1906) Wehnert, Edward Henry (1813-1868) |
| Document Type | Anthology |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1851 Gift books--1851 Folk tales--1851 Poems--1851 Ornate types (Type evidence) Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1851 Blind stamped cloth (Binding) Gold stamped cloth (Binding) Grained cloth (Binding)--1851 Relief prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [148] p. : ill. ; 18 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Includes six works with separate title pages, all published by Elton & Co., New York. All have series title "Pleasure books for children" at head of title page. Based on A treasury of pleasure books for young children (London, 1850), edited by Joseph Cundall. Collective title, p. [1]. Spine title: The keepsake. Imprint from title page for The story of the charmed fawn, p. [5]. Elton & Co. was located at 18 Division St., New York, in 1851. Illustrated by Harrison Weir, John Absolon, and Edward Wehnert. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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