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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Wonderful Exploits of Guy, Earl of Warwick: With Original Plates |
| Date | 1823-1825 |
| Record ID | 531342 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | Reserve 1823 39 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature War and Revolution Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Knights and knighthood Heroes Cows |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse Folklore, Myths and Legends Adventure |
| Publisher | Morgan & Yeager |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Charles, William (1776-1820) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Intaglio prints Hand colored illustrations Printed wrappers (Binding) Juvenile literature--1823 Folk tales--1823 Poems--1823 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
| Size | [8] leaves : col. ill. ; 14 cm |
| Page Numbers | [8] leaves : col. ill. 14 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title. Reissue of the sheets of: The wonderful exploit of Guy of Warwick. Published by Mary Charles no. 71 South Second Street, Philadelphia. Metal-engraved text and illustrations; probably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 11. 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 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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