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Parables from Nature

Illustrated by: Philip Hermogenes Calderon (English, born France, 1833–1898)
Illustrated by: Charles West Cope (English, 1811–1890)
Illustrated by: William Holman Hunt (English, 1827–1910)
Illustrated by: William Henry Millais (English, 1828–1899)
Illustrated by: Otto Speckter (German, 1807–1871)
Illustrated by: George Housman Thomas (English, 1824–1868)
Engraved by: Horace Harral (English, 1817–1905)
Engraved by: Henry N. Woods (English, active 1855–1869)
Author: Mrs. Alfred Gatty (English, 1809–1873)
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company (American, 19th century)
Printer: Chiswick Press (English, founded in 1811)
1861
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 15 wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1999
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1861

Description(New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1861) 20.5 cm; viii, 196 pp., plus 15 plates [2 ff. publisher's advertisements at end]; original blind- and gilt-stamped blue cloth.

First American edition, comprising sheets from the simultaneous London edition (save for the title). The identity of the illustrator for the plate facing p. 129 (E. Warren) could not be established.
ProvenanceInscribed in graphite on title "A Merry Christmas for '[Mimie?]' / Dec. 1865."; William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.