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| Title | New pictorial ABC for good children (pp. 2-3) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Weik, John
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| Publisher Location | United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
| Publication Date | ca. 1854-1857 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Pfeil, C.
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Chapbook with woodcut illustrations by C. Pfeil, hand colored.
Among other things shows well behaved children at play and interacting in family situations.
Illustrations and text depict letters C, D, E and F with examples of words beginning with the letters; Christmas-Market, dance, Easter-eggs, and fowler. |
| Contextual Notes | First published in 1853 by Weik and Wieck. This copy contains a 14 page catalog of Weik's publications listing his location as 195 Chestnut Street. He occupied this address with Charles Wieck between 1852 and 1853 after which he published there alone until 1857. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Alphabet -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children -- Specimens |
| Category | Alphabet books
Primers (Instructional books)
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1048 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PE1155.N497 1854 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [26] p. including 14 p. of catalogue: illustrated; 17 x 10 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 5.2 |
