• The American ladies & gentlemens pocket almanac and belles lettres repository for 1802 : decorated with engravings.

Language:

• English

Engraver:

• Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870
• Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832
• Roberts, John G., 1798-1878

Contributor:

• Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books

Call number:

• Hamilton 213s

Extent:

• [2], 3-97, [1] p. : ill. ; 12 cm.

Format:

• Book

Description:

• 2 copies.
• Cover title.
• Copies 1 & 2 in 20th century slip-case.
• Contains 12 copper engravings by Alexander Anderson, after illustrations by Thomas Stothard. Also includes engravings by Amos Doolittle.
• Title page engraved by John G. Roberts.
• GAX hamilton c. 2 imperfect : end cover with illustration by Stothard and [1] p. at end, wanting.

Publisher:

• New York : Published at the Shakspeare Gallery by David Longworth, [1801]

Subject:

• Almanacs, American—1802
• Poetry, Modern—19th century
• Fables, American

Date:

• 1801

References:

• Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 213

Provenance:

• GAX Hamilton c. 1 : Inscribed "Margaret Laird"--in ink, on p. 3.
• GAX Hamilton c. 2 : Inscribed "Sarah Chandler Haks"--in ink, on first fly-leaf.

Location:

• Special Collections Hamilton 213s

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939686983506421

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/gf06g6442

Available online:

• arks.princeton.edu