Accession number
PML 88997
Creator
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879.
Published
New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, ©1855.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Author from series t.p.
"A series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the young by Jacob Abbott. Embellished with numerous and beautiful engravings"--series t.p.
"A birthday present to Howard from his mother Jan. 17th 1856"--inscription in pencil on fly-leaf.
"Entered, according to an Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York"--verso of t.p.
Numerous engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, title page vignette, and pictorial frame of title; variously signed Lossing - Barrit, J.W. Orr Sc., Ashley, B. & E. Sc., and C.E.D.
"A series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the young by Jacob Abbott. Embellished with numerous and beautiful engravings"--series t.p.
"A birthday present to Howard from his mother Jan. 17th 1856"--inscription in pencil on fly-leaf.
"Entered, according to an Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York"--verso of t.p.
Numerous engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, title page vignette, and pictorial frame of title; variously signed Lossing - Barrit, J.W. Orr Sc., Ashley, B. & E. Sc., and C.E.D.
Description
[2], 160, [2] p. : ill., music (engravings) ; 17 x 14 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's pictorial red rib-morocco grain cloth, blocked in blind and gold with yellow endpapers.
Classification
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