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The ant : a selection of pieces, chiefly narrative, in prose and verse, hitherto unappropriated by compilers.
- Title
- The ant : a selection of pieces, chiefly narrative, in prose and verse, hitherto unappropriated by compilers.
- Publication
- Glasgow : Printed by James Curll for Robertson & Atkinson; Oliver & Boyd, and Wm. Hunter, Edinburgh; and Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1827.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Pforz (Ant) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Description
- xi, [1], 336 pages; 18 cm
- Summary
- An anthology of contemporary literature, including selections by Byron, Washington Irving, L.E.L., Coleridge, Thomas Hood, and many others.
- Note
- Extra engraved title page with a vignette of an ant-hill; by J. Swan after W. Brown.
- Dedication: "This volume of selections is respectfully inscribed to Allan Cunningham, and Thomas Hood, Esqrs ..."
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Pforz (Ant)
- OCLC
- 80374280
- Title
- The ant : a selection of pieces, chiefly narrative, in prose and verse, hitherto unappropriated by compilers.
- Publisher
- Glasgow : Printed by James Curll for Robertson & Atkinson; Oliver & Boyd, and Wm. Hunter, Edinburgh; and Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1827.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy: Bound first, along with The ant, a periodical paper (Glasgow: Robertson & Atkinson, 1827). -- Contemporary black half calf, rebacked, marbled boards, red morocco spine label, gilt spine titling.
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- Added Author
- Swan, Joseph, 1796-1872, engraver.Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842, dedicatee.Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845, dedicatee.Curll, James, active 1823-1828, printer.Hunter, William, active 1819-1843, publisher.Atkinson & Co., publisher.Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland), publisher.Simpkin and Marshall, publisher.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Ant : a selection of pieces, chiefly narrative : in prose and verse, hitherto unappropriated by compilers. Glasgow : Printed by J. Curll for Robertson & Atkinson, 1827 (OCoLC)871198834
- Research Call Number
- Pforz (Ant)