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| Title | The alphabet of flowers and fruit (pp. [5-6]) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Dean & Son
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | 1871-1890? |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with hand colored wood engravings.
All pages have blank versos.
Each of the letters of the alphabet are represented by both a flower and a fruit, and are accompanied by a short verse that describes the flower and fruit.
These pages depict "Q" for quince and quickset; "R" for rose and raspberry; "S" for strawberry and sweet-william; "T" for tulip and tamarind; "U" for upas and under-leaved cyder; "V" for violet, verbena, and Virginia stock; "W" for walnut and wall-flower; "X" for xanthium and xylon; "Y" for yellow gention and yew; and "Z" for zante dates and zebra orchis. |
| Contextual Notes | Thomas Dean's publishing company was located at Threadneedle Street from c. 1800-1855, at Ludgate Hill from 1856-1870, and at Fleet Street from 1871-1890. He published under the name Thomas Dean from c. 1800-1810, as Dean and Munday from 1811-1842, as Dean & Company from 1843-1846, and as Dean & Son from 1847 onward. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Alphabets--Juvenile literature; Flowers--Juvenile poetry |
| Category | Alphabet books
Natural sciences
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0788 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PR3991.A1 A474 1873 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [6] leaves: illustrated; 25.5 x 17 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 B.6 |
