The Child's Picture and Verse Book: Commonly Called Otto Speckter's Fable Book

Various artists/makers

[1844]

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Title: The Child's Picture and Verse Book: Commonly Called Otto Speckter's Fable Book
Author: Wilhelm Hey (German, 1789–1854)
Author: First poem written by Mary Howitt (British, Coleford, Gloucestershire 1799–1888 Rome)
Translator: Mary Howitt (British, Coleford, Gloucestershire 1799–1888 Rome)
Illustrator: Otto Speckter (German, Hamburg 1807–1871 Hamburg)
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
Printer: Printed by Manning and Mason (London)
Binder: Bound by Burn (London)
Date: [1844]
Medium: Illustrations: engravings
Dimensions: 7 7/16 x 5 3/4 in. (18.9 x 14.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.802.7
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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