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The Lion &c (cover)
The Lion &c (cover)
TitleThe Lion &c (cover)
AuthorUnknown
PublisherT. Nelson & Sons
Publisher LocationEngland -- London
Scotland -- Edinburgh
United States -- New York -- New York
Publication Datec. 1867?
PrinterUnknown
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints
NotesIllustrated with relief prints, "printed in oil colors."
Part of the series "Nelson's Picture Books of Natural History."
Contains three short stories about lions describing their bold and fierce nature. Includes a story about Arabs who live in constant dread of the lion and one about an Englishman who, after killing the lion and lioness, takes the cubs he's orphaned back to England with him where they were kept for many years.
The cover depicts a lion standing in a jungle (an almost identical image is found in color in Plate [1]).
CategoryNatural sciences
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL1107
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Object TypeBook
Physical Description8 p., [3] plates: illustrated; 19 x 15 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 11.6
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