The comic natural history of the human race / designed and illustrated by Henry L. Stephens.
| Author/creator | Stephens, H. L. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : S. Robinson, [c1851] (King & Baird) |
| Description | 216 p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.) |
| Other author/creator | Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907. |
| Other author/creator | Stephens, William A. |
| Other author/creator | Vaux, Richard, 1816-1895. |
| Other author/creator | Cassin, John, 1813-1869. |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Arts and Literature; Biography; Antebellum. |
| Local note | 2008A460600. |
| General note | Satirical lithographic ports. of 40 contemporary figures, mostly Philadelphians, each showing the subject's face on the body of a bird or animal, after drawings by H.L. Stephens. The front. lithograph which serves as added t.p. in the chromolithographed ed. is a self-port. of Stephens. |
| General note | In this ed., the lithographs are chiefly signed: "Lith. of L. Rosenthal, Phila." or "by Rosenthal." Another ed. contains chromolithographed ill., chiefly signed "Lith. in color by Rosenthal, Phila." or "Lith. in color by Rosenthal and Kramer." |
| General note | Each port. except front. accompanied by a humorous sketch in prose or verse, by W.A. Stephens (12), C.W. Webber (1), Cornelius Matthews (1), Richard Vaux (6), C.F. Erichson (3), Isaac W. Moore (1), Thos. M'Keon (4), Geo. W. Dewey (1) and anonymous contributors. Six contributions ascribed to "the editor" in table of contents are signed "C."; identified as John Cassin in article in The auk, n.s., v. 38 (1921), p. 286-287. |
| General note | The final plate is a wood engraving, signed: "H.L. Stephens." |
| General note | Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 91293. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |