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Wonders! : descriptive of some of the most remarkable of nature and art.
- Title
- Wonders! : descriptive of some of the most remarkable of nature and art.
- Publication
- London : Printed for J. Harris and Son, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1821.
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- Description
- [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : col. ill.; 18 cm.
- Summary
- Sixteen natural or man-made wonders from arount the world are pictured, and each is described in six lines of rhymed text.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile literature – England – London – 1821.
- Note
- Engraved throughout; printed sides of leaves facing each other. Imprint at foot of most leaves: London, Published July 1, 1821, by J. Harris & Son, corner of St. Pauls.
- Hand colored illustrations.
- Printer's name from p. [2] (verso of t.p.).
- Indexed In (note)
- NUC pre-1956
- Moon, M. J. Harris's books
- cf. Osborne Coll.
- Binding (note)
- Rebound in gray cloth boards.
- Contents
- St. Michael's volcano -- Pyramids and Sphinx -- Giant's Causeway -- Palace and statue of Memnon -- Termites, ant-hills, and pyramids -- Ice mountains -- Great Wall of China -- St. Winfred's well -- Mausoleum of Hyder Ali -- Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre -- Stonehenge -- Pompey's Pillar, and Cleopatra's Needle -- Fingal's Cave -- Grotto of Antiparos -- Colossus at Rhodes -- Pont du Gard.
- Call Number
- *KH 1821 Wonders 11-259
- OCLC
- 14352862
- Title
- Wonders! : descriptive of some of the most remarkable of nature and art.
- Imprint
- London : Printed for J. Harris and Son, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1821. (London : Printed by S. & R. Bentley, Dorset-street, Fleet-street)
- Indexed In:
- NUC pre-1956, 672:55Moon, M. J. Harris's books 992(1)cf. Osborne Coll., I, p. 195
- Binding
- Rebound in gray cloth boards. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in *KH lacks publisher's wrappers.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- S. and R. Bentley. PrinterJ. Harris and Son. PublisherChildren's Room Collection.
- Research Call Number
- *KH 1821 Wonders 11-259