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The child's gem, for 1842. / Edited by a lady.

Accession number
PML 88266
Published
New-York: : Published by S. Colman, for the Proprietors, 14 John Street. [1842]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Engraved half-title: The child's gem.
Presentation plate, engraved by Hart.
Some of the woodcut illustrations signed by J.G. Gordon and A.[lexander] A.[nderson]
Spine title: Gem.
Copyright 1841 by Samuel Colman.
"New-York: Printed by Wm. S. Dorr, No. 123 Fulton St."--verso of title page.
"The present volume completes the Second Series of the Child's Gem"--preface.
Description
[4], 142, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 12 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Massachusetts Historical Society, [donated by] Miss Sarah K. Burgess, March 10, 1927; from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's black embossed leather, vignettes stamped in gold on boards.
Classification
Department