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Pictorial alphabet (title page)
Pictorial alphabet (title page)
TitlePictorial alphabet (title page)
AuthorUnknown
PublisherMassachusetts Sabbath School Society
Publisher LocationUnited States -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Publication Date1845
PrinterUnknown
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--wood engravings
NotesIllustrated with uncolored wood engravings.
An alphabet book with short verses that contain biblical messages and moral lessons.
Printed on the title page: Written for the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, and revised by the Com. of Publication.
Contextual NotesThe Massachusetts Sabbath School Society was formed on May 31, 1832 by the Orthodox Congregational Life Members of the Massachusetts Sabbath School Union following the Union's dissolution the previous day. The purpose of the Society was to promote the opening of new Sabbath schools and to encourage the growth of existing schools ("A Brief History of the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, and of the Rise and Progress of Sabbath Schools in the Orthodox Congregational Denomination in Massachusetts" 1850).
Subjects (LCSH)English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile literature
CategoryAlphabet books
Bibles and religious works
Moral instruction
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL1295
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection PE1155.M395 1845
Object TypeBook
Physical Description36 p.: illustrated; 15 x 9.5 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationPhotographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009.
Exhibit ChecklistExhibit Checklist L.14
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