Emblematical Alphabet / c.1862-1864 : Alphabet Book. c.1862-1864.

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, Philadelphia : Fisher & Brother, 2020.

16 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

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In verse. Most of the text and all of the interior illustrations identical to that published in Strong's alphabetical panorama (New York: T.W. Strong, ca. 1842-1862?). Cover title. Fisher & Brother was located at 12 North Sixth St., Philadelphia, between 1862 and 1868. The address changes to 9 North Sixth St. in the directory for 1868-69. Fisher & Brother also published at 64 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, between 1855 and 1864. According to the Baltimore directory for 1865-66, the firm name changed to Fisher and Denison. Pages [2-14] numbered 1-13. Even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. Wrapper design printed in red, green, and black ink. Wood-engraved illustrations hand-colored under the direction of the publisher. Advertisement for Famous picture books, Pleasure books, and Home picture books, p. [4] of wrapper. Poem, p. [15], contains lines from the popular poems My father, My mother, My brother, My sister, and My Bible.

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January 13, 2023

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