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A first lesson in natural history. / By Actaea.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history.
- Marine animals--Juvenile literature.
- Marine animals.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1859.
- Primers (Instructional books) -- 1859.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bigelow, W.S. (former owner) (inscription) (Schimmel 7624)
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7623) (Schimmel 7624)
- Physical Description:
- 82 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Little, Brown and Company., MDCCCLIX. [1859]
- Contents:
- Sea-anemones and corals.
- Coral reefs.
- Hydroids and jellyfishes.
- Star-fishes and sea-urchins.
- Notes:
- By Elizabeth Agassiz. Prepared "under the direction of Professor [Louis] Agassiz."--p. [3].
- Copyright 1859 by Little, Brown and Co.
- "Riverside, Cambridge: Printed by H.O. Houghton and Company."--verso of title page.
- At head of title: Actæa [pseud.]
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 7623: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Ink inscription on leaf 2: W. S. Bigelow from his Grandfather J. B. Pencil inscription under "Actaea" on title page: (Eliz. Carey Agassiz). Blue cover.
- Schimmel 7624: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Green cover.
- OCLC:
- 1538960
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