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Hymenial expositor, or, matrimonial chart / desigd. by A. Kollner ; Traubel.

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Hymenial expositor, or, matrimonial chart / desigd. by A. Kollner ; Traubel.

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Summary

Print shows at top, a wedding being performed; at left and right are spaces for recording marriages; at center is "The Great Ocean of Love" dotted with many small islands, bays, straits, gulfs, and rivers, the four points of the compass are labeled "Hope, Love, Despair, [and] Hatred", places are identified as "Sands of Inconstancy", "Rocks of Jealousy", "Floating Isles of Flattery", "Coquet Island", "The Great Barbarian Dessert [sic]", "Point Contemptible", "Gulf of Despair", "Port of Old Maids", "Fort of Repentance", "Cat and Dog Harbour", "Mountains of Hatred", and others.

Printed at bottom right: Copyright secured according to law.
Inscribed in blue crayon or ink on bottom right: 1849.

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01/01/1849
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Contributors

Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, lithographer
Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
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Library of Congress
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