A Taste of Horton - A selection of items from the Horton Collection of Children's Material
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| Call. No | HOR D PRE |
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| Title | French Alphabet. [cover-title] |
| Imprint | Paris : J.H. Truchy, 1870 |
| Page Size | 255 x 170 mm |
| Collation | t.p., 3-16, t.p., 3-38. [2], t.p., 2-24 p. |
| Printer | 1.Jules Bonaventure,
Paris. 2.&3. Bonaventure et Ducessois, Paris. |
| Illustrations | 1. 40 hand coloured
wood engraved vignettes (inc. t.p.) by Etherington, E. travies, Boutoy
after D.Thiebault and W.H.Freeman. 2. 64 hand coloured wood engraved vignettes enclosed in decorative borders (inc. t.p.) by G.Thompson, Deberny, Lacosteaine after J.David Dreux. 3. 370 hand coloured wood engraved vignettes. |
| Binding | 3 vols. bound as 1 ; blue sand grain cloth ; half-bound with green leather, ruled in blind ; red leather title-label on spine with gilt rule decoration ; red speckled edges ; green tinted e.p. |
| Annotation | Titles - 1. The first children's alphabet in a series of coloured engravings. 2. One word, one sound! Short children's tales composed in words of one syllable. |
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| Contents | Le premier alphabet des enfants en une serié de gravures coloriées. Un mot, un son! Petits récits enfantins composés en mots d'une syllabe par Jules Felix. Ornés de nombreuses gravures. The pictorial word book in English and French containing engravings of common objects for the amusement and instruction of children by Al.Kingson. |
| Tracings | TRUCHY, J.H. THIEBAULT, D. TRAVIES, Edouard BONAVENTURE, Jules ETHERINGTON, Edward BOUTOY FREEMAN, William Henry LACOSTEAINE KINGSON, Al. THOMPSON, G. DAVID, J. DREUX DEBERNY FELIX, Jules. |
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