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Pictured Alphabet (p. [21-22])
Pictured Alphabet (p. [21-22])
TitlePictured Alphabet (p. [21-22])
AuthorUnknown
PublisherFisher & Brother
Publisher LocationUnited States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Publication Date1857
PrinterUnknown
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--woodcuts
NotesIllustrated with hand-colored woodcut prints and hand-colored large wooden type initials.
Accordian fold format binding where one leaf is folded to make twenty-six pages.
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a tradesman.
These pages depict "U" for "Undertaker" and "V" for "Vagrant."
Contextual NotesTurner & Fisher published in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1850 and published in New York between 1836 and 1849. Probable date of publication based on the year in which publisher was at Philadelphia address in imprint.
Subjects (LCSH)English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile literature
Alphabet -- Juvenile literature
Alphabet books -- Specimens
Occupations -- Juvenile literature
CategoryAlphabet books
Trades and Occupations
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0739
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection. PE1155.P538 1857
Object TypeBook
Physical Description[26] unnumbered p.: illustrated; 12.5 x 7 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 16.1
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