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People's Library

(Philadelphia)
1841–1842
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with lithographs and steel and wood engravings; two volumes bound as one; early, gilt-stamped (possibly publisher's) binding.
DimensionsOverall: 25.5 x 22 x 9 cm (10 1/16 x 8 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Georgia S. Glick
Accession number2013.1649
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBefore 1920, Evadna H. Mapes; by descent to Daniel Mapes; before 1938, by descent to Elizabeth Mapes Peters (died 1938); by descent to Augusta Mapes Peters Sherman (donor's mother) (died 1987); October 31 1987, by descent to Georgia S. Glick; 2013, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 23, 2013)