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Canadian Wild Flowers [subscription book], 1867

In: Agnes FitzGibbon’s Subscription Books for Canadian Wild Flowers (Case Study)
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Description

Full Title: 
Canadian Wild Flowers [subscription book], 1867
Description: 

Montreal publisher John Lovell designed a handsome book that Agnes FitzGibbon used in 1867 to tempt potential subscribers to buy the first edition of Canadian Wild Flowers.
A sample page of text from the 1867 subscription book.
A page of signatures from the 1867 subscription book.

Creator: 
Chamberlin, Agnes, 1833-1913
Case Study: 
Agnes FitzGibbon’s Subscription Books for Canadian Wild Flowers
Case Study: 
The Story of Canadian Wild Flowers
Publisher: 
J. Lovell
Date: 
1867
Place: 
[Montreal, Quebec]
Material Type: 
book
Material Type: 
book cover
Material Type: 
printed page
Era: 
1840-1918

Citation

Contributor: 
University of Toronto
Collection/Fonds: 

Agnes Dunbar (Moodie) Chamberlin

Call No.: 
Agnes Dunbar (Moodie) Chamberlin Papers

Subject

Subject: 
Wild flowers -- Canada
Subject: 
Wild flowers -- Pictorial works
Subject: 
Subscription selling
Subject: 
Chamberlin, Agnes, 1833-1913

Rights and Contributing Institution

Rights: 
Copyright: public domain. University of Toronto owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Contributing Institution: 
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

Technical

Dimensions: 
36 x 29 cm
Language: 
eng
Identifier: 
CP00997
Type: 
image
Format: 
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Theme

  • Production (Design, Illustration, Technology)
  • The Business of Publishing

Case Study

  • 'Agnes FitzGibbon Subscription Books for Canadian Wild Flowers' ; 'The Story of Canadian Wild Flowers'

Creator

  • Chamberlin, Agnes, 1833-1913

Publisher

  • J. Lovell

Era

  • 1840-1918

Subject

  • Chamberlin, Agnes, 1833-1913
  • Subscription selling
  • Wild flowers -- Canada
  • Wild flowers -- Pictorial works

Contributing Institution

  • Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

Collection/Fonds

  • Agnes Dunbar (Moodie) Chamberlin

Date

  • 1867

Place

  • [Montreal, Quebec]

Material Type

  • book
  • book cover
  • printed page

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