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| Title | British battledore; or, First lessons (unfolded) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Davison, William, 1780-1858
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| Publisher Location | England--Alnwick |
| Publication Date | [1830] |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Uncolored woodcut illustrations.
View of the inside of the battledore when folded out in full. The flap on the left-hand side presents an out-of-order alphabet. In the center are an upper and lower case alphabet, and an illustration of a man, dog, and donkey. On the right-hand side is a lesson iin vowel sounds, and an illustration of a teacher and a group of girls in a classroom setting. |
| Contextual Notes | Battledores were usually made of thick paper folded into thirds. They typically included the alphabet in both capital and small letters, pairs of letters for phonics lessons, letters out of order to help children distinguish between different letters, a prayer or short story, and illustrations of biblical or everyday scenes that children would have been familiar with. They later replaced hornbooks. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Readers (Primary) |
| Category | Battledores
Bibles and religious works
Primers (Instructional books)
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0520 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PE1118.B75 1830 |
| Object Type | Leaflet
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| Physical Description | 1 leaf ([4] p.) : illustrated ; 13 x 22 cm., folded to 13 x 8.5 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. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 2.10 |
