• Oliver and Boyd's object-lesson cards on the vegetable kingdom. Oliver and Boyd's object-lesson cards on the animal kingdom.

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Language:
  • English
Call number:
  • Elephants / 94325238
Extent:
  • 1 unnumbered sheets, 20 cards in publisher's box, 1 unnumbered sheet, 14 cards outside publisher's box : ill. (with actual specimens attached) ; 19 x 34 to 44 x 29 cm
Format:
  • Visual material
Type:
  • Wall charts
Description:
  • Dated from an advertisement in the Publisher vol. 14: 67 (August 14, 1897).
  • Table of contents of the entire series, "Oliver and Boyd's object-lesson cards on the vegentable, animal, and mineral kingdoms," pasted underneath the wooden box lid.
  • Cards are grommeted with strings so that they may be hung.
  • Specimens of plants and animals as well as materials/objects made from them are fasten on the cards.
  • Princeton copy 1: The "vegetable kingdom" series is housed in publisher's wooden box (58 x 38 x 11 cm); the "animal kingdom" series is outside the publisher's box but insided the archival box.
  • Princeton copy 1: Cards with specimens measure 34 cm in width; height varies. The bottom half of cards, originally carrying explanatory text, has been cut off.
Publisher:
  • Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co., [not before 1897?]
Subject:
  • Plants—Specimens
  • Plants—Utilization—Juvenile literature
  • Animals—Specimens
  • Animals—Utilization—Juvenile literature
  • Wall charts
Contents:
  • Oliver and Boyd's object-lesson cards on the vegetable kingdom, no. 18. Cocal-nut tree; the cacao tree.
Created:
  • 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z/1899-12-31T23:59:59Z
Date:
  • 1897-1899
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcrb68xq40x
Location:
  • Special Collections Elephants / 94325238
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Contributor:
  • Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Binding note:
  • Pub. wooden lidded box, not labeled on top.
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