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The American toilet / [by Hannah and Mary Murray]

Catalog Data

Author:
Murray, Hannah Lindley 1777-1836  Search this
Murray, Mary 19th cent  Search this
Grimaldi, Stacey 1790-1863 Toilet  Search this
Imbert's Lithographic Office  Search this
Physical description:
20 leaves : col. ill. ; 14 cm
Type:
Specimens
Place:
United States
Date:
1827
[1827?]
Notes:
The original London edition from which this book was adapted was entitled The toilet, by Stacey Grimaldi, first published in 1821.
Emblematic illustrations, with moral precepts beneath flaps; each hand-colored plate has a hinged flap, which when lifted reveals the name of a virtue.
Author and probable date of publication from Shaw & Shoemaker.
Hand-colored ill.
Leaves printed on one side only.
Shaw & Shoemaker 29838
Topic:
Women--Conduct of life  Search this
Conduct of life  Search this
Emblem books  Search this
Toy and movable books  Search this
Call number:
BJ1689 .M87 1827
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_522590