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Learning to read : consisting of easy and entertaining lessons, designed to interest and assist young children in studying the forms of the letters, and in beginning to read

Title
Learning to read : consisting of easy and entertaining lessons, designed to interest and assist young children in studying the forms of the letters, and in beginning to read / by Jacob Abbott ; illustrated with one hundred and sixty engravings.
Author
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879.
Publication
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1856.

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Additional Authors
  • Bobbett, Albert, approximately 1824-1888 or 1889.
  • Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891.
  • Barritt, William, approximately 1822-
  • Richardson, James H.
  • Howland, William.
  • Doepler, Carl Emil, 1824-1905.
  • Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902.
  • N. Orr & Co. egr
  • Harper & Brothers. pbl
  • Dalziel Brothers. egr
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
192 p. : ill.; 17 cm.
Series Statement
Harper's picture books for the nursery
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Readers – 1856.
  • Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1856.
Note
  • At head of title: The Little learner
  • Frontispiece included in pagination.
  • Illustrations signed: Richardson, Bobbett & Edmonds, Orr, Lossing & Barrett, Dalziels, W. Howland, C.E. Dopler, and W.R. Sedgfield.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: with bookplate on upper paste down and book slip, "The Cathedral Library, 123 E. 50th Street, New York, NY."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's pictorial red cloth boards with gilt stamped cover and spine.
Call Number
*KH 1856 Abbott 12-182
OCLC
7878256
Author
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879.
Title
Learning to read : consisting of easy and entertaining lessons, designed to interest and assist young children in studying the forms of the letters, and in beginning to read / by Jacob Abbott ; illustrated with one hundred and sixty engravings.
Imprint
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1856.
Series
Harper's picture books for the nursery
Provenance
Inscribed: with bookplate on upper paste down and book slip, "The Cathedral Library, 123 E. 50th Street, New York, NY." NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's pictorial red cloth boards with gilt stamped cover and spine. NN
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Added Author
Bobbett, Albert, approximately 1824-1888 or 1889. Engraver
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891. Engraver
Barritt, William, approximately 1822- Engraver
Richardson, James H. Engraver
Howland, William. Engraver
Doepler, Carl Emil, 1824-1905. Illustrator
Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902. Engraver
N. Orr & Co. Engraver
Harper & Brothers. Publisher
Dalziel Brothers. Engraver
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1856 Abbott 12-182
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