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The silver toy, or Picture alphabet : for the entertainment and instruction of children in the nursery (back cover)
The silver toy, or Picture alphabet : for the entertainment and instruction of children in the nursery (back cover)
TitleThe silver toy, or Picture alphabet : for the entertainment and instruction of children in the nursery (back cover)
AuthorUnknown;
PublisherUnknown
Publisher LocationUnknown
Publication Date1820-1840
PrinterF. Houlston and Son
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--woodcuts
NotesIllustrated with uncolored woodcuts. In publisher's printed gray pictorial wrappers.
Part of the Twelve Chapbooks series.
An alphabet book in verse.
The back cover depicts Bonaparte.
Contextual NotesThis chapbook series contained cautionary tales, adventure stories, alphabets, natural histories, moral lessons, cries, and reading lessons in poetry and prose. Each volume contained 15-50 pages bound with card wrappers bearing illustrations of no relevance to the books' contents, and were issued either colored or plain.
Subjects (LCSH)English language--Alphabet--Juvenile literature; Alphabet--Juvenile literature
CategoryChapbooks
Alphabet books
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0229
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection. PE1155 S52 1820z
Object TypeChapbook
Physical Description32 p.: illustrated; 10.5 x 6.5 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008.
Exhibit ChecklistExhibit checklist 5.1
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