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The New-England primer, improved, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading : to which is added the Assembly's catechism
Title
The New-England primer, improved, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading : to which is added the Assembly's catechism / adorned with cuts.
Published
Boston : Printed by James Loring. Sold wholesale and retail at his bookstore, no. 2, Cornhill, [between 1815 and 1830?]
Physical Description
[64] p. : ill. ; 10 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Lxi8 N4 1 1814.2: Imperfect: first leaf wanting. No. 1 of 6 titles bound together with binder's title "Tracts, New England primer." Bookplate of George Brinley [with manuscript number "5869"].
BEIN Lxi8 N4 1 1815.1: First and last leaves attached to covers. Bound in gray-blue paper.
BEIN Lxi8 N4 1 1815.2: Bound in buff paper.
BEIN Lxi8 N4 1 1815.3: Bound in gray-blue paper. Leaf B so signed. Bookplate pasted to end board: Property of Julian C. Smith [with manuscript locations of shelfing].
BEIN Pequot N452: Bound in gray-blue paper. Autograph: John James Noyes.
BEIN Shirley 2448 Copy 1: Variant (earlier?) issue: final p. of text has different ill. from other Beinecke copies, does not include exhortation to honor father and mother. Border decoration on t.p. also differs. First leaf wanting.
BEIN 1999 365: First and last leaves attached to covers. Bound in gray-blue paper. Autograph: E.S. Gannett [Ezra Stiles Gannett].
BEIN Shirley 2448 Copy 2: Bound in gray-blue paper.
Notes
Final p. blank.
Signatures: [A]-D⁸.
Includes "The burning of Mr. John Rogers" and Dr. Watts's Cradle hymn.
Variant and related titles
Easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Heartman, C.F. New England primer issued prior to 1830, 435
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Early American children's books, 531
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature.
Primers (Instructional books)
Catechisms.
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