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Jacob
Abbott and Altemus
Between 1848 and 1861 32
biographical histories "the Makers of History" Series were published by
Harper and Brothers. 22 of these were written by Jacob Abbott while the
remaining ten were written by his brother, John S.C. Abbott. Henry
Altemus as well as numerous other publishers reprinted these works
between the late 1890's and the early part of the 20th century.
Altemus published 18 of the 32 in three different series. First they
were published in Series #35 Abbott's Historical Series (1900). Shortly
thereafter they were included in Series #202-Formats 2 and 3 - The
Young People's Library. Finally in 1911 they were used in Series #170
Stories from History Series.
The Altemus Abbott books all used the same same plates and had the same
illustrations. But they misidentified the author in several books.
Frequently these books were all attributed to Jacob Abbott even though
John S.C. Abbott wrote his fair share. Some later reprint series noted
Jacob Abbott as the author of all 32 books. Altemus does credit John
S.C. Abbott as the author of Marie Antoinette but as can be seen below
Altemus states Jacob Abbott wrote the other 17 biographies.
In fact, John S.C. Abbott wrote Hernando Cortez, Josephine, Madame
Roland as well as the Antoinette book.
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