Research Catalog

Title

The oasis / edited by Mrs. Child, author of "An appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans."

Author

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880.

Publication

Boston : Benjamin C. Bacon, 1834.

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Additional Authors

• Bacon, Benjamin C.
• Andrews, Robert, -1856 or 1857
• Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873
• Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878
• Ormsby, W. L. (Waterman Lilly), 1809-1883
• Hall, John H.
• Croome, William, 1790-1860
• Minot
• Graeter, Francis
• Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
• Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880
• Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865
• Tuttle and Weeks, printer.
• Allen & Ticknor, copyright holder.
• Boston Bewick Company, engraver.
• Pendleton's Lithography, lithographer.
• Boston Bewick Company, printer of plates.

Description

xvi, 276 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., ports.; 17 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Slavery > West Indies
• Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 > Portraits
• Slavery > United States > Controversial literature > 1834
• Slavery > Poetry
• Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 > Portraits

Note

• A collection of articles by Mrs. Child and other writers, relating principally to slavery and emancipation.
• Copperplate engravings by J. Andrews, G.G. Smith, and W.L. Ormsby. Wood engravings by J.H. Hall, W. Croome, and W. Minot. After illustrations by F. Graeter, J.G. Stedman, F. Alexander, and D.C. Johnston.
• "The wood engravings were all printed by the Boston Bewick Company; and engraved by them, with the exception of two, by W. Minot."--p. [v]. Copperplate engravings printed by Robert Andrews. One lithograph signed: Pendleton's Lithography, Boston.
• "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1834, by Allen & Ticknor, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "Boston: Tuttle and Weeks, printers. No. 8, School Street."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• Not in Checklist of American imprints; or Faxon, F.W. Literary annuals and gift books.

Indexed In (note)

• Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
• Thompson, R. American literary annuals & gift books, 1825-1865

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-C (Child, L. M. F. The oasis)

LCCN

06013479

OCLC

• 5966922
• NYPGR5966922-B

Author

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880.

Title

The oasis / edited by Mrs. Child, author of "An appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans."

Imprint

Boston : Benjamin C. Bacon, 1834.

Indexed In:

Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 3188

Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 3118C

Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 15266

Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 21688

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 2286

Thompson, R. American literary annuals & gift books, 1825-1865, p. 143

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-C (accession no. B593620) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Bacon, Benjamin C., publisher.

Tuttle and Weeks, printer.

Allen & Ticknor, copyright holder.

Andrews, Robert, -1856 or 1857, printer of plates.

Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873, engraver.

Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878, engraver.

Ormsby, W. L. (Waterman Lilly), 1809-1883, engraver.

Hall, John H., engraver.

Croome, William, 1790-1860, engraver.

Minot, engraver.

Boston Bewick Company, engraver.

Pendleton's Lithography, lithographer.

Graeter, Francis, illustrator.

Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797, illustrator.

Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880, illustrator.

Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865, illustrator.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-C (Child, L. M. F. The oasis)