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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Turner & Fisher's Beautiful Primer, And Little Scholar's Companion |
| Date | c.1850-1856 |
| Record ID | 547630 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL-Backlog Pams 0404 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Families Prayer Pets Play Sex role Gardening Lambs Dogs Animals |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts |
| Description | Pictures with spelling and reading lessons. Also features an alphabet largely represented by animals; Wrapper title varies: Turner & Fisher's beautiful primer; Wrapper imprint statement varies, "Turner & Fisher, publishers: no. 74 Chatham Street, New York; no. 15 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia." Fisher & Brother apparently started publishing in 1849, when the firm issued an Fisher's improved house-keeper's almanac for 1850 (printed in 1849) from Philadelphia, New York and Boston; Wood-engraved illustrations have the following captions: The hap-py home. The evening pray-er. Ann feed-ing her pet lamb. Al-fred and his sis-ter, roll-ing their hoops. Rober and Lu-cy water-ing the flow-ers. Mary help-ing John to make a gar-den. George walk-ing on stilts. Wil-liam and his sis-ter, play-ing. The boys draw-ing Su-san on their sledge. Thom-as, Jane, and George, blow-ing four-o'clocks. James teach-ing his dog to stand up. Wil-liam and Emma learn-ing their lesson. Ed-ward and El-len feed-ing the dogs. Thom-as, Ju-lia, and Sa-rah, lis-ten-ing to their fa-ther. |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother Turner & Fisher |
| Imprint | [Philadelphia] : Fisher & Brother: successors to Turner & Fisher, Philadelphia, New York and Boston., [not before 1849] |
| Places | United States; Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1849 Primers (Instructional books)--1849 Ornate types (Type evidence) Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Ink stamps (Provenance) Library copies (Provenance) |
| Size | 16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Pictures with spelling and reading lessons. Also features an alphabet largely represented by animals. Wrapper title varies: Turner & Fisher's beautiful primer. Wrapper imprint statement varies, "Turner & Fisher, publishers: no. 74 Chatham Street, New York; no. 15 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia." Fisher & Brother apparently started publishing in 1849, when the firm issued an Fisher's improved house-keeper's almanac for 1850 (printed in 1849) from Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Wood-engraved illustrations have the following captions: The hap-py home. The evening pray-er. Ann feed-ing her pet lamb. Al-fred and his sis-ter, roll-ing their hoops. Rober and Lu-cy water-ing the flow-ers. Mary help-ing John to make a gar-den. George walk-ing on stilts. Wil-liam and his sis-ter, play-ing. The boys draw-ing Su-san on their sledge. Thom-as, Jane, and George, blow-ing four-o'clocks. James teach-ing his dog to stand up. Wil-liam and Emma learn-ing their lesson. Ed-ward and El-len feed-ing the dogs. Thom-as, Ju-lia, and Sa-rah, lis-ten-ing to their fa-ther. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy sewn through the gathering; has ink stamp of Public Library, Haverhill, Mass. |
| 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. |