McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Bread the staff of life. New-York : Published by the American Tract Society, 144 Nassau-street, [between 1829 and 1833].

Contributor:

American Tract Society.

Publisher:

Published by the American Tract Society, 144 Nassau-street, [between 1829 and 1833].

Notes:

Brown printed, pictorial wrappers.
Series number from front wrapper.
Series list for Series 2, v. 2 on back wrapper.
The American Tract Society published at 144 Nassau St. from 1827 to 1832; Series 2 was first published in 1829.
Pages 4-16 also numbered: 244-256.
First sentence: "[There are a great many little boys and girls, who eat bread every day, but they do not know what it is made from, or how it is made."
Includes 11 woodcuts.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 98 x 65 mm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- United States -- New York -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 A4 B7 1829 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7200

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_A4_B7_1829