Queen Moo's talisman : the fall of the Maya empire / by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Plongeon, Alice D. (Alice Dixon), 1851-1910, author, composer.

Contributor:

Simmons, Ida, arranger.

Eckler, Peter, publisher.

Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908, illustrator, distributor.

F.A. Ringler & Co., engraver.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Poetry.

Mayas.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Le Plongeon, Alice D. (Alice Dixon), 1851-1910 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

McQuarrie, John G. (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxiii, [1], 25-86 pages, VIII leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, music ; 24 cm

Distribution:

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Sole agent, Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon, 18 Sidney Place.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Eckler, publisher, 35 Fulton Street ..., [1902]

Notes:

Part of plates printed on both sides.

In verse.

"Illustrations. Engraved by F.A. Ringler & Co., of New York, from photographs and drawings by Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon."--Page v.

"Words and melody by Alice Le Plongeon; accompaniment by Ida Simmons."--Page 83.

Frontispiece plate with printed tissue guard.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy inscribed by the author to John G. McQuarrie on front free endpaper.

Schimmel Collection copy: portion of tissue guard torn off with damage to printing.

OCLC:

5233761