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1840-1870
GUSN-175669
Miniature book bound in black cloth-covered cover, stamped with c-scroll and floral decoration. Title gilt-stamped on cover. Composed of approximately ten religious stories bound together. Illustrated with black and white engravings. Each story repaginated.
books
paper (fiber product)
bindings (gathered matter components)
printing (process)
stamping (marking)
gilding
C-scrolls
floral patterns
childhood
Book
"[Inscribed with random letters and words] temple/horse/horace / wave / zeia (?)"
"BOSTON : / MASS. SABBATH SCHOOL SOCIETY, / No. 13 Cornhill" (printed)
"Written for the Mass. Sabbath School Society, and revised by the Committee of Publication." (printed)
Massachusetts Sabbath School Society (Publisher)
4 x 2 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.743
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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