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Edward Wallace, the little astronomer (back cover)
Title
Edward
Wallace
, the
little
astronomer
(back
cover)
Author
Unknown
Publisher
Frederick Westley & A. H. Davis
Publisher Location
England--London
Publication Date
1827
Printer
Duckworth and Ireland
Illustrator
Unknown
Image Production Process
Relief prints--woodcuts
Notes
Small
chapbook
with
uncolored
woodcut
illustrations.
This
is
a
small
instructive
book
that
tells
the
story
of
Edward
who
becomes
interested
in
all
aspects
of
astronomy
and
is
taught
by his
father
about
telescopes
, the
solar
system
and the
constellations.
The
back
cover
advertises
other
"moral
and
instructive
works
for the
young"
offered
by
Westley
&
Davis.
Printed
at
bottom:
Every
work
of this
series
will have the
distinctive
wood-cut
on the
wrapper.
Subjects (LCSH)
Astronomy
--
Juvenile
literature
Category
Natural sciences
Chapbooks
Language
English
Digital Collection
Children's
Historical
Literature
Collection
Digital ID Number
CHL0885
Repository
University
of
Washington
Libraries
,
Special
Collections
Division
Repository Collection
Children's
Historical
Literature
Collection
QB46.E39
1827
Object Type
Chapbook
Physical Description
24 p., [1] fold-out map: illustrated; 11 x 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
L.77
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