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| Title | My new alphabet book (cover) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | The Religious Tract Society
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | 1884 |
| Printer | Kronheim & Company
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints
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| Notes | Illustrated with color printed reliefs.
The cover depicts a child with a rattle, a Newfoundland dog, and a sailing vessel.
Inscribed to Alice Longth? from Aunt Louisa, Oct. 21st, 1884. |
| Contextual Notes | The Religious Tract Society was an "unsectarian organization for the preparation and circulation of evangelical tracts" founded in 1799 by the Reverend George Burden, a Congregationalist of Coventry. It recognized that the literacy of the poor need not be confined to the Bible. Beginning in 1812 it turned its attention to books for children. They published the then popular "pious, joyful child-death stories...many of them designed for the Sunday school reward-book market." The Society's guidelines insisted on "earnest, moral and natural tales with minimal excitement in order to leave the reader calm in spirit." (Source: Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English) |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Alphabet -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Alphabet books
Bibles and religious works
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0486 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PE1155.M86 1884 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [12] unnumbered leaves.: illustrated ; 25 x 19 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 5.3 |
