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The Picture alphabet, designed for the instruction and amusement of all the little gentry in the kingdom (pp. 22-23)
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| Title | The Picture alphabet, designed for the instruction and amusement of all the little gentry in the kingdom (pp. 22-23) |
| Publisher | Turner, M.
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| Publisher Location | England--Beverley
England--Hull |
| Publication Date | 1813 |
| Printer | Turner, M.
Turner, G.
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
Printed on title page: Beverley: Printed and sold by M. Turner, and G. Turner, Hull. Price One Penny - 1813.
A chapbook with illustrated verse for each letter of the alphabet that provides moral instruction and also offers a rather bleak outlook on the world.
These pages illustrate the letter Q for Queen (So stately and high, But alas! this poor Queen, Like poor folks must die) and the letter R for Rose (that grew on a thorn, It budded at noon, But was dead before morn). |
| Category | Alphabet books
Moral instruction
Bibles and religious works
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1170 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | 30 p.: illustrated; 10 x 16.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
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