Title Page Vignette to the 1869 J. B. Lippincott & Co. "New Edition" Reprint Depicting a Ship at Sea

“Title Page Vignette to the 1869 J. B. Lippincott & Co. "New Edition" Reprint Depicting a Ship at Sea,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed December 21, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/1052.

This black and white illustration, appearing as the title page vignette to the 1869 J. B. Lippincott & Co. "New Edition" reprint, depicts a ship on a rough sea. The illustration first appeared without color in James Nisbet's 1853 Author's Edition (see 3WIS). The image depicts a large ship on a dark, rough sea. The ship is heading towards the horizon as the sun rises.

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1869

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, New ed., 2 vols. in 1. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869.

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