Accession number
PML 89075
Creator
Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851.
Published
Hartford : Published by Cooke and Co., 1831.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1831 - By Thomas H. Gallaudet, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut"--verso of t.p.
The author, the Reverend T.H. Gallaudet was the founder and principal of the first American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, cf. Rosenbach.
Eight full-page engraved illustrations, printed on one side only: p. [17], [32], [63], and [81] signed Mason, attributed to Abraham John Mason, and one plate p. [107] signed JWB (John Warner Barber) cf. Hamilton.
Title vignette.
Publisher's advertisements on lower cover.
"In Press, and will immediately be published, Part Second of The child's soul by Rev. T.H. Gallaudet"--publisher's advertisement on lower cover.
"Willard H. Parkhill"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
The author, the Reverend T.H. Gallaudet was the founder and principal of the first American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, cf. Rosenbach.
Eight full-page engraved illustrations, printed on one side only: p. [17], [32], [63], and [81] signed Mason, attributed to Abraham John Mason, and one plate p. [107] signed JWB (John Warner Barber) cf. Hamilton.
Title vignette.
Publisher's advertisements on lower cover.
"In Press, and will immediately be published, Part Second of The child's soul by Rev. T.H. Gallaudet"--publisher's advertisement on lower cover.
"Willard H. Parkhill"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
Description
[2], 128 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 13 x 11 cm
Provenance
Willard H. Parkhill, inscription ; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's 1/4 brown calico-grain cloth with green pictorial paper boards, printed in black.
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