Title Page to Volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th Edition, Version 1

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On the title page for George P. Putnam's 1852 edition of the novel, the title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed in the page's middle. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "To a Child," appears in the center of the page. Following the inscription is an image of a globe wrapped in a string of parchment revealing the Latin inscription "genium justiti," the names Cooper, Irving, and Bryant, and Putnam's initials. Two following lines state the volume and edition number. George P. Putnam's address is listed as "New York 10 Park Place."

Title Page

1852

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, 2 vols. 16th ed. New York: George P. Putnam, 1852.

George P. Putnam

The University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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10 Park Place, New York

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