Christmas with the Poets: A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses, Relating to the Festival of Christmas, from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time

Multiple artists/makers

1851

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Title: Christmas with the Poets: A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses, Relating to the Festival of Christmas, from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time
Illustrator: Myles Birket Foster (British, North Shields, Northumberland 1825–1899 Weybridge, Surrey)
Publisher: David Bogue (British, active London, 1807/8–56)
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co. (New York, NY)
Printer: Henry Richard Vizetelly (British, 1820–1894 Farnham)
Published in: London
Date: 1851
Medium: Wood engraving and color lithograph
Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 6 5/8 x 15/16 in. (24 x 16.8 x 2.4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 21.36.89
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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