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The American toilet.

Accession number
PML 84759
Creator
Murray, Hannah Lindley, 1777-1836.
Published
[New York] : Printed and published at Imbert's Lithographic Office ..., [between 1827 and 1835]
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Peter McBean, 1985.
Notes
Pictures of dressing table items with flaps covering the names of virtues described in a poem on each leaf.
Adapted by Hannah and Mary Murray from The toilet / Stacey Grimaldi. See Rosenbach.
The first edition was copyright in 1827. Imbert was out of business by 1835.
The imprint surrounds the title, which is on a swag in the middle of the t.p.
Lithographed throughout, on one side of the page only.
PML copy lacks one flap (of 2) on l. 12.
Description
20 leaves : ill. ; 14 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription: To Mary ... 1848.
Provenance
Mrs. Peter McBean.
Binding
Printed green boards.
Classification
Department