此超過兩千本早期美國和英國的兒童書籍的收藏,由麻省 George M. Fox 在1978年贈予圖書館。這個館藏維持了原有的精美印刷,包括木刻染色、平面印刷染色以及手繪等彩色圖書。即使在一百年以後的今日,當您打開大部份書籍時,仍舊能看到鮮艷和明亮的色彩。大部份書籍都非常脆弱易破,經過兒童的日常翻閱是無法維持其良好的狀態,我們很幸運它們仍能幸存下來 。這個館藏的精彩部分是十九世紀首屈一指的木質刻印店 Edmund Evans(包括當時著名的藝術家 Walter Crane、Kate Greenaway 和 Randolph Caldecott 等)出品的「玩具書」和「隨身帶」書籍。其他館藏來自 Thomas Nelson & Sons、 Frederick Warne, Dean & Son 和 George Routledge & Sons 等英國公司的精美出品。
更多與此系列相關資訊(英文 PDF)
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George M. Fox 學前童書館藏簡史 (英文 PDF)
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更多關於 Fox 系列資訊
Selections from the George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books Laura Wasowicz 著
Educate! Amuse! In Color! Alastair Johnston 著
Early Children's Books Ruth McGurk 著
美國古物學會的 McLoughlin 兄弟
南密西西比大學的 McLoughlin 兄弟
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