The comic natural history of the human race / designed and illustrated by Henry L. Stephens.

Other author/creatorRosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.)
Other author/creatorKramer, Peter, 1823-1907.
Other author/creatorStephens, William A.
Other author/creatorVaux, Richard, 1816-1895.
Other author/creatorCassin, John, 1813-1869.
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteArts and Literature; Biography; Antebellum.
Local note2008A460600.
General noteSatirical 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 noteIn 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 noteEach 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 noteThe final plate is a wood engraving, signed: "H.L. Stephens."
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 91293.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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