The Pictorial Family Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travels: comprising Prominent Events in the History of the World, Biographies of Eminent Men, and Interesting Accounts of Distinguished Travelers. Illustrated with Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings.

Singerman ID
supp0308
Year
1854
Entry
Frost, John. The Pictorial Family Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travels: comprising Prominent Events in the History of the World, Biographies of Eminent Men, and Interesting Accounts of Distinguished Travelers. Illustrated with Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings. Auburn, [N.Y.] and Buffalo: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. viii, 648 p.
Author/Editor
Frost, John
Location
Auburn, NY
Holdings
NN
NRU
WU
Title
The Pictorial Family Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travels: comprising Prominent Events in the History of the World, Biographies of Eminent Men, and Interesting Accounts of Distinguished Travelers. Illustrated with Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings.
Language
English
Printer/Publisher
Miller, Orton & Mulligan
Notes
"The Polish Jew Boy": pp. 329-35 (with accompanying illus.). Text, "The Polish Jew-Boy" is also in Chambers’ Home Book; or, Pocket Miscellany, containing a Choice Selection of Interesting and Instructive Reading for the Old and the Young (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853), vol. 4, pp. 38-42 (without illus.). Copies: FTU, MH, ViU. Text also in vol. 4 of Chambers’s Pocket Miscellany (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854; secondary title page with vol. 7 and imprint of London: W. & R. Chambers, 1854), pp. 37-41 (without illus.). Copies: MiU, TxU. Later printings exist. The volume by Frost is also known as Frost’s Pictorial Family Museum (Auburn, [N.Y.]: Derby & Miller, 1853). Copies: DLC.
Collection
Chronological File, 1676 to 1900

Part of The Pictorial Family Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travels: comprising Prominent Events in the History of the World, Biographies of Eminent Men, and Interesting Accounts of Distinguished Travelers. Illustrated with Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings.

Frost, John, “The Pictorial Family Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travels: comprising Prominent Events in the History of the World, Biographies of Eminent Men, and Interesting Accounts of Distinguished Travelers. Illustrated with Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/51058