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Rainbows for children / edited by L. Maria Child ; With twenty-eight illustrations.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 C4375 848r
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tappan, Caroline Sturgis, 1819-1888.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Patterson, Caroline H. (autograph) (inscription)
- Rotch, Mr. (autograph)
- Ward, Elizabeth (inscription)
- Tappan, Caroline Sturgis, 1819-1888 (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 169 leaves of plates, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : C.S. Francis & Co. ; Boston : J.H. Francis, 1848.
- Contents:
- Fiamma; or, the vase of golden water
- The crystal palace
- Violet's May-day
- Gertrude's search; or, fairy music
- Bright sunshine
- The little voyagers
- Fanny's menagerie
- The rainbow-winged spirit
- Rose Island.
- Notes:
- Added t.p., engraved.
- "C.A. Alvord, Printer, Corner of John and Dutch street."--T.p. verso.
- "I wish these fairy-stories were written by myself; but they are not. The author merely intended them for the private amusement of a few juvenile relatives"--Editor's Preface, p. 7. Attributed to Caroline Sturgis Tappan in BAL.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to Caroline H. Patterson, Christmas 1847, from Mr. Rotch.
- Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to Elizabeth Ward, 1885, by Mrs. Tappan, the author.
- Culture Class Collection copy has some leaves hand colored by the previous owner.
- Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: lower right hand portion of front free endpaper and back free endpaper wanting.
- Cited in:
- BAL, 3161
- OCLC:
- 17828282
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