Accession number
PML 87883-88
Creator
Smith, Thomas, 1775 or 1776-1830.
Published
New-York : Printed by Largin & Thompson for D. M'Donald & J. Gillet, 1815.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
"Although by subject matter, this would not be included in Welch's bibliography of American children's books. It is surprising that his cumulative index of printers, publishers and imprints do not include any examples of either the printer or the publisher of this work. We do not know of any other American juvenile prior to 1821 issued in its own wooden bookcase with pictorial lid"--Justin Schiller.
Description
6 v. : engraved frontispiece ; 12 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
1/2 brown calf and gray paper boards. Apparently unique as issued in its original wooden box (bookcase) with sliding pictorial lid (imprinted by the American publishers) dated May 1815. In 1/4 red morocco case by Julia P. Wightman.
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