The Fountain : a gift : "to stir up the pure mind by way of remembrance" ... / edited by H. Hastings Weld.
- Other records:
- Publication:
- Philadelphia : William Sloanaker, 1847 [c1846]
- Format/Description:
- Book
[v], [6]-252 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. - Subjects:
- Gift books.
Didactic poetry, American -- 19th century.
Didactic fiction, American -- 19th century.
Temperance -- Poetry -- 19th century.
Gambling -- Poetry -- 19th century.
Smoking -- Poetry -- 19th century. - Form/Genre:
- Gift books -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century.
- Place of Publication:
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Summary:
- "Points out the virtues of temperance and the evils of smoking and gambling."--Thompson, Annuals.
- Notes:
- Added title page, engraved.
"Embellishments engraved by Sartain"--p. v. - Local notes:
- Gift Book Collection copy 1 has the ownership label of Josiah L. Harvey on the front paste-down endpaper.
Gift Book Collection copy 2 imperfect: leaf of plates, entitled "Moses smiting the rock", facing p. 79, wanting. - Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (Gift Book Collection copies 1 & 2)
Harvey, Josiah L. (label) (Gift Book Collection copy 1) - Penn Chronology:
- 1847
- Cited in:
- Thompson, R. Annuals, p. 120
Faxon, F. W. Literary annuals and Gift books, 218 - Contributor:
- Weld, H. Hastings (Horatio Hastings), 1811-1888.
Sartain, John, 1808-1897.
W. Sloanaker & Co.
Gift Book Collection (University of Pennsylvania) - OCLC:
- 3991172
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