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A descriptive catalogue of the Bunyan tableaux
Title
A descriptive catalogue of the Bunyan tableaux.
Publication
Albany, N.Y. : Munsell & Rowland, 78 State Street, printers and stereotypers, [between 1858 and 1862]
Physical Description
36 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Library of Americana 23: Original pink wrappers. Number 5 (marked as 4) of 9 titles bound together. Binder’s title: Library of Americana, pamphlets, vo[l.] 23. With index of titles in manuscript tipped onto free front endpaper.
Notes
A panorama of scenes from The pilgrim's progress, painted by E.H. May, J.F. Cropsey, F.E. Church and 7 other artists, exhibited in New York and other cities--page 36.
Munsell printed an edition of this catalogue in 1856 and attributes its authorship to R.J. Greenwood (panorama manager of the Bunyan tableaux)--Munsell, J. Bibliotheca Munselliana, page 77.
David Edelstein's biography of Joel Munsell (Joel Munsell: printer and antiquarian) notes that John Rowland became Munsell's business partner in August 1858 and the firm appeared in imprints as Munsell and Rowland until 1862 (Edelstein, D. Joel Munsell, page 169).
Poems by Lorenzo D. Grosvenor and Alfred B. Street appear on 2 unnumbered pages at end.
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Language
English
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August 12, 2024
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