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Learning to talk, or, Entertaining and instructive lessons in the use of language

Title
Learning to talk, or, Entertaining and instructive lessons in the use of language / by Jacob Abbott ; illustrated with one hundred and seventy engravings.
Author
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879.
Publication
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1855.

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Additional Authors
  • Gilbert, John, 1817-1897.
  • Doepler, Carl Emil, 1824-1905.
  • Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891.
  • Barritt, William, approximately 1822-
  • Richardson, James H.
  • Cox, Thomas, approximately 1831-
  • Harper & Brothers. pbl
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
x, [1], 12-192 p. : ill.; 17 cm.
Series Statement
Harper's picture books for the nursery ; [1]
Alternative Title
  • Learning to talk
  • Entertaining and instructive lessons in the use of language
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Primers (Instructional books) – 1855.
  • Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1855.
Note
  • Wood-engravings signed by Lossing and Barritt; Bobbett and Edmonds; Carl Emil Doepler; Horton; Gilbert; and Richardson and Cox.
Indexed In (note)
  • Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in ink on upper free end leaf, "Lorrisa D. Ward, A Happy New York 1861."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's red cloth boards wtih gilt stamped cover and spine.
Call Number
*KH 1855 Abbott 12-181
OCLC
4634211
Author
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879.
Title
Learning to talk, or, Entertaining and instructive lessons in the use of language / by Jacob Abbott ; illustrated with one hundred and seventy engravings.
Imprint
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1855.
Series
Harper's picture books for the nursery ; [1]
Indexed In:
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), 703
Provenance
Inscribed: in ink on upper free end leaf, "Lorrisa D. Ward, A Happy New York 1861." NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's red cloth boards wtih gilt stamped cover and spine. NN
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Added Author
Gilbert, John, 1817-1897. Illustrator
Doepler, Carl Emil, 1824-1905. Illustrator
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891. Engraver
Barritt, William, approximately 1822- Engraver
Richardson, James H. Engraver
Cox, Thomas, approximately 1831- Engraver
Harper & Brothers. Publisher
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1855 Abbott 12-181
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