Title Page of a Christmas Book for Little Boys, A Collection of Conversations; the 3rd Virginia Children's Book; illus. With Boy and Woman Seated and Evidently Conversing – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Title Page of a Christmas Book for Little Boys, A Collection of Conversations; the 3rd Virginia Children's Book; illus. With Boy and Woman Seated and Evidently Conversing, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Title Page of a Christmas Book for Little Boys, A Collection of Conversations; the 3rd Virginia Children's Book; illus. With Boy and Woman Seated and Evidently Conversing
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Few children's books printed in Virginia in 1809 have survived, and this title page comes from a small press in Newmarket, where Solomon Henkel printed German-language works for the Shenandoah Valley's German-speaking families. The book, *Ein Christags-Geschenk für kleine Knaben*, presents itself as a collection of conversations offered as a Christmas gift for boys. Its illustration shows a boy and a woman seated together, evidently in conversation. The record describes it as the third children's book printed in Virginia, which shows how early the region's German printers were serving young readers.
| Notes | Illus. in PZ32.C5 [Rare Book RR], Library of Congress |
|---|---|
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 936 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133100 |
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