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Merry Little Tales for Merry Little Hearts

Publisher William Tegg & Co. British
Publisher C. W. B. Naumburg German
ca. 1856
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Merry Little Tales for Merry Little Hearts
  • Publisher: William Tegg & Co. (London)
  • Publisher: A. & S. Joseph, Myers and Company (London)
  • Publisher: C. W. B. Naumburg (Leipzig)
  • Date: ca. 1856
  • Medium: Illustrations: chromolithography (title page) and woodcuts, hand colored
  • Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 7/16 x 1/4 in. (25.1 x 18.9 x 0.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.257
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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