Book of the World: a family miscellany for instruction and amusement.
- Singerman ID
- supp1397
- Year
- 1852
- Entry
- Gaspey, Thomas, ed. Book of the World: a family miscellany for instruction and amusement. Philadelphia: Weik & Weick, [1852]-[53]. 2 vols.
- Author/Editor
- Gaspey, Thomas, ed
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Holdings
- In most academic libraries
- Title
- Book of the World: a family miscellany for instruction and amusement.
- Language
- English
- Printer/Publisher
- Weik & Weick
- Notes
- "Diamond Cut Diamond": vol. 1, pp. 367-68 (a tale from the time of the Congress of Vienna in which a Jew swindles the buyer of an expensive diamond ring when a second ring, this one with a worthless paste diamond, is substituted). Vol. 2 has imprint: Philadelphia: John Weik.
- Collection
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Chronological File, 1676 to 1900
Part of Book of the World: a family miscellany for instruction and amusement.
Gaspey, Thomas, ed, “Book of the World: a family miscellany for instruction and amusement.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/51070