Accession number
PML 88907
Creator
Frost, John, 1800-1859.
Published
Philadelphia : J. Crissy, Minor Street, 1841.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by John Frost, in the Clerk's office of the district court of the United States, in and for the eastern district of Pennsylvania"--verso of t.p.
Robert Ramble is the pseudonym for John Frost.
"J. Fagan, stereotyper"--verso of t.p.
"James Crissy, Printer"--verso of t.p.
Numerous engraved un-signed illustrations and historiated initials. The lower cover and frontispiece are signed Frost sc., and the t.p. vignette signed CNP [i.e. Charles N. Parmelee]
Robert Ramble is the pseudonym for John Frost.
"J. Fagan, stereotyper"--verso of t.p.
"James Crissy, Printer"--verso of t.p.
Numerous engraved un-signed illustrations and historiated initials. The lower cover and frontispiece are signed Frost sc., and the t.p. vignette signed CNP [i.e. Charles N. Parmelee]
Description
[2], 144, [2] p. : ill. (engravings) ; 15 x 11 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's yellow pictorial paper boards, stamped in green.
Classification
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