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Historical tablets and medallions illustrative of an improved system of artificial memory for the more easy remembrance of remarkable events and dates : exhibiting in a series of tinted engravings (including more than one hundred medallic portraits) a connected outline of historical and biographical chronology, the complete succession of all the Roman Emperors, and of the sovereigns of England and France, down to the present time : together with an appropriate introduction, appendix, and vocabulary
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Historical tablets and medallions illustrative of an improved system of artificial memory for the more easy remembrance of remarkable events and dates : exhibiting in a series of tinted engravings (including more than one hundred medallic portraits) a connected outline of historical and biographical chronology, the complete succession of all the Roman Emperors, and of the sovereigns of England and France, down to the present time : together with an appropriate introduction, appendix, and vocabulary / designed and arranged by John Henry Todd.
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London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, 18, Strand, MDCCCXXVII [1827] (London : S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street)
Physical Description
viii, [1], 43, [1] p., [20] leaves of plates : col. plates, ports. ; 33 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN 2007 +15: An apology to subscribers for the publication delay is printed on a leaf 25 x 21 cm. and tipped in between p. 8 and 9. Publisher's advertisement for 'A series of practical instructions in landscape-painting in water-colours,' on [6] p. at end, not noted in pagination. Ownership inscription (?): Thompson Andover.
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"As far ... as regards the recollection of dates, Dr. [Richard] Grey's key and general principles have been adopted in the present work"--P. vi.
Plates engraved by James and Josiah Neele.
Added t.-p., engr.
Signatures: [A]-G⁴.
Bound in at end on 11 x 24 cm. leaf: "For the accommodation of schools and large families, the Tablets may also be had, neatly executed on card-board, and fitted up, together with the letter-press portion of the work, in a handsome box ..."
"The ... Vocabulary [p. [41]-43], which contains every technical word made use of in the preceding pages, may be useful, besides the general intent of an Index, in several respects ..."--P. [41], 3rd count.
Includes bibliographical references.
Page [1], 4th count, is blank.
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Cover title, from printed label: Tablets and medallions for the more easy remembrance of historical events & dates.
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English
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February 28, 2007
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