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Title(s)
History of King Alfred of England / by Jacob Abbott ; with engravings.
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Additional Title(s)
Added lithographed title page reads: History of Alfred the Great
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Published/Created
New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, 82 Cliff Street, [1849?]
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Physical Description
[7], 14-270, [6], 10, 4, 5, [1] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA153 .A23 1849
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Date of publication from Harper & Brothers' copyright on verso of title page.
First three leaves (p. [1-6]) blank.
In red cloth; series title on spine.
Wood engravings signed by Samuel Wallin and William Roberts.
Added chromolithographed title page signed by Thomas Sinclair.
Publisher's advertisements: 6, 10, [2] p. at end.
Weber, C.J. Jacob Abbott, p. 102
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blind-stamped red cloth. -
Subject Terms
Alfred, King of England, 849–899 -- Juvenile literature. | Anglo-Saxons -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. | Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871–899 -- Juvenile literature.
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Form/Genre
Biographies. | Chromolithographs. | Color printing (Printing) -- Plates. | Juvenile literature. | Publishers' advertisements. | Publishers' catalogs. | Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- United States -- 1849. | Relief prints. | Wood engravings -- 1849.
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