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Hill, L. J.

An alphabet allegorical, alliterative & amusing : appreciable at all ages

MDCCCLXXI [1871]

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An alphabet allegorical, alliterative & amusing : appreciable at all ages /, London : Effingham Wilson, 11 Royal Exchange, MDCCCLXXI [1871], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.




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  • Title(s)

    An alphabet allegorical, alliterative & amusing : appreciable at all ages / L.J.H., artistical arranger.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Alphabet allegorical, alliterative and amusing

  • Published/Created

    London : Effingham Wilson, 11 Royal Exchange, MDCCCLXXI [1871]

  • Physical Description

    [28] pages : illustrations ; 19 x 28 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    PE1155 .H5 1871+ Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    The artist's monogram on the title page consists of the superimposed letters J, H, and L. The Osborne Collection copy (Toronto Public Library) bears a handwritten note on the title page that reads "By L.J. Hill (my great aunt)."
    Title page printed in red ink.
    Lithographed throughout.
    Alderman Artichoke ... to Zedekiah Zigzag ...
    BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original printed blue boards, with red leather corners and back. Signed in red ink (20th century): Patmore.
    "A beautiful collection, delightfully etched, finely grouped, highly imaginative, jestingly knavish, ludicrously mischievous, notably odd, peculiarly queer, recreative, sensational, tittering, unquestionably volatile, whimsically xyzite."--Page [2].
  • Subject Terms

    Alliteration. |
    Alphabet -- Juvenile literature. |
    Wilson, Effingham -- Publisher.

  • Form/Genre

    Alphabet books. | Humorous pictures. | Lithographs -- 1871.

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