History of beasts.
Bibliographic Citation:
History of beasts. Portland [Me.]: Bailey & Noyes, [not before 1860?]
Contributor:
Bailey & Noyes, publisher.
Publisher:
Bailey & Noyes, [not before 1860?]
Notes:
  • Includes biblical citations.
  • Variant states noted: one copy in hand 89 mm high, others 93 mm. Larger copies printed on wood pulp paper. Text and illustrations identical.
  • According to extant directories, Bailey & Noyes published in Portland, Me. between 1860 and at least 1875.
  • In printed wrapper.
  • At head of wrapper: 11.
  • First sentence incomplete: "The car is a very useful do-... animal."
  • Includes 16 woodcuts.
  • Contents: The cat -- The dog -- The cow -- The fox -- The goat -- The horse -- The ass -- The lamb -- The sheep -- The lion -- The tiger -- The serpent -- The reindeer.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with The two goats and the sick monkey. Portland [Me.]:Bailey & Noyes,[not before 1860?]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 11 other chapbooks; bound in brown calf, gilt lettering. I. Mackenzie. Montreal. Feb/59. $27.50. Jo Ann Reisler, Vienna, Virginia - '91 - $275.00. Given to McGill summer 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 95 mm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Sunday school literature.
Animals.
Picture books for children.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Juvenile literature -- 1860.
Chapbooks -- 1860.
Boxed sets (Publishing)
Printed wrappers (Binding)
Relief prints.
Bookplates (Provenance)
Chapbooks -- Maine -- Portland -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Geographical Description, Local History and Natural History
Call Number:
PN970 B35 T96 1860z 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.
Copyright:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en_US. For information, please contact Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library.
Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8185
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B35_T96_1860z_003479021