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Little child's home ABC book (pp. 1-2)
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| Title | Little child's home ABC book (pp. 1-2) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Brothers Publishers
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| Publisher Location | United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | ca. 1880 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Karst, John, 1836-1922
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints
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| Notes | Cover design and half-page illustrations produced by a relief process.
Includes a picture alphabet and simple reading exercises.
Depicts the alphabet and illustrations for the letters A through Y: album, bat, cat, ducks, eggs, fan, grate, hat, jail, keg, letters, mug, nuts, ostrich, pigs, quart, ring, slippers, tub, umbrella, volumes, wharf, Xenophon, yacht. |
| Contextual Notes | John Karst was born in Germany and came to the United States as a youth. He apprenticed with an engraver and eventually directed production for Leslie's Magazine. He is best known for his illustrations in William Holmes McGuffey's Eclectic Primers. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Readers (Primary); Country life -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Alphabet books
Readers
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0267 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PE1119.L588 1870 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [14] unnumbered p.: illustrated; 27 x1 7 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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 Checklist | Exhibit checklist 17.4 |
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