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Gems of beauty, or, Literary gift for MDCCCLII / edited by Emily Percival.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Sp-F 113
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Percival, Emily.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gift books.
- Genre:
- Gift books -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (Gift Book Collection copy)
- Mackie, Matilda (inscription) (Gift Book Collection copy)
- Matthew, Brother (inscription) (Gift Book Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Boston] : Printed by Wright and Hasty ...
- Other Title:
- Gems of beauty
- Literary gift for MDCCCLII
- Literary gift for 1852
- Gems of beauty, 1852
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Published by Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1852.
- Notes:
- Added title page, and "Illustrations" leaf, in color.
- Local Notes:
- Gift Book Collection copy has a ms. inscription, which reads "Miss Matilda Mackie from Brother Matthew", dated December 24, 1851, on the front free endpaper.
- Cited in:
- Thompson, R. Annuals, p. 125-126
- OCLC:
- 15959245
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