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Book/Printed Material The illustrated primer, or, The first book for children Illustrated primer / First book for children / Pictorial primer / At head of title: Take it home / Take it home

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Title

  • The illustrated primer, or, The first book for children : designed for home or parental instruction : embellished with numerous engravings, and pretty stories, which will please the children amazingly!

Other Title

  • Illustrated primer
  • First book for children
  • Pictorial primer
  • At head of title: Take it home
  • Take it home

Names

  • Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.
  • Baker, William J., engraver.
  • George F. Cooledge & Brother, publisher.

Created / Published

  • New York : Published by George F. Cooledge & Brother, 323 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, and also published and for sale by all the principal booksellers throughout the United States of America, and its territories, [between 1844 and 1871]

Headings

  • -  Readers (Primary)

Genre

  • Juvenile literature--1844

Notes

  • -  George F. Cooledge & Brother published at 323 Pearl St., New York, from 1844 to 1871. Cf. Pomeroy.
  • -  First and last leaves pasted to illustrated yellow paper wrapper. Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of wrapper.
  • -  Frontispiece signed: Anderson; cover ill. signed: W.J. Baker; title vignette: W.J.B.
  • -  Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 31
  • -  Pomeroy, J.R. Anderson, 2054
  • -  Includes an illustrated alphabet and illustrated stories and poems, all within decorative borders.

Medium

  • 47, [1] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PE1119.A1 I54 1844

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009484724

OCLC Number

  • (cstrlin)maar932782b

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Anderson, Alexander, Engraver, William J Baker, and Publisher George F. Cooledge & Brother. The illustrated primer, or, The first book for children: designed for home or parental instruction: embellished with numerous engravings, and pretty stories, which will please the children amazingly!. [New york: published by george f. cooledge & brother, 323 pearl street, franklin square, and also published and for sale by all the principal booksellers throughout the united states of america, and its territories, between 1844 and 1871, 1844] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2009484724/.

APA citation style:

Anderson, A., Baker, W. J. & George F. Cooledge & Brother, P. (1844) The illustrated primer, or, The first book for children: designed for home or parental instruction: embellished with numerous engravings, and pretty stories, which will please the children amazingly!. [New york: published by george f. cooledge & brother, 323 pearl street, franklin square, and also published and for sale by all the principal booksellers throughout the united states of america, and its territories, between 1844 and 1871] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2009484724/.

MLA citation style:

Anderson, Alexander, Engraver, William J Baker, and Publisher George F. Cooledge & Brother. The illustrated primer, or, The first book for children: designed for home or parental instruction: embellished with numerous engravings, and pretty stories, which will please the children amazingly!. [New york: published by george f. cooledge & brother, 323 pearl street, franklin square, and also published and for sale by all the principal booksellers throughout the united states of america, and its territories, between 1844 and 1871, 1844] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2009484724/>.