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The Fountain : a gift : "to stir up the pure mind by way of remembrance" ... / edited by H. Hastings Weld.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Sp-F 88
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gift books.
- Didactic poetry, American--19th century.
- Didactic poetry, American.
- Didactic fiction, American--19th century.
- Didactic fiction, American.
- Temperance--19th century--Poetry.
- Temperance.
- Gambling--19th century--Poetry.
- Gambling.
- Smoking--19th century--Poetry.
- Smoking.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Gift books -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (Gift Book Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Harvey, Josiah L. (label) (Gift Book Collection copy 1)
- Physical Description:
- v unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered pages-252 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : William Sloanaker, 1847.
- Summary:
- "Points out the virtues of temperance and the evils of smoking and gambling."--Thompson, Annuals.
- Notes:
- Added title page, engraved.
- "Embellishments engraved by Sartain"--p. v.
- Local Notes:
- Gift Book Collection copy 1 has the ownership label of Josiah L. Harvey on the front paste-down endpaper.
- Gift Book Collection copy 2 imperfect: leaf of plates, entitled "Moses smiting the rock", facing p. 79, wanting.
- Cited in:
- Thompson, R. Annuals, p. 120
- Faxon, F. W. Literary annuals and Gift books, 218
- OCLC:
- 3991172
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