Accession number
PML 89072
Published
Philadelphia : George S. Appleton, 148 Chestnut Street, 1848.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Library's copy imperfect: parts of t.p. and frontispiece are torn off.
Title and imprint from upper cover.
"Translated from the French"--t.p. to the 1847 edition.
Sixteen handcolored full-page engraved plates, including frontispiece, all unsigned; printed on one side, only.
Publisher's advertisements on lower board: "Appleton's new series of toy books"; and [10] pages following the text: "Attractive and instructive publications for the young"
Title and imprint from upper cover.
"Translated from the French"--t.p. to the 1847 edition.
Sixteen handcolored full-page engraved plates, including frontispiece, all unsigned; printed on one side, only.
Publisher's advertisements on lower board: "Appleton's new series of toy books"; and [10] pages following the text: "Attractive and instructive publications for the young"
Description
[2], 118, [10] p., [15] leaves of plates : handcol. ill. (engravings) ; 16.5 x 13.5 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's 1/4 green rib-grain cloth, spine blocked in gold, with buff pictorial paper boards, printed in black.
Classification
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