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| Title | English Battledore (cover) |
| 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 | Illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
Battledore shown when folded. The illustration depicts a man riding on a donkey. Printed on the cover: Price one penny.
The battledore includes an upper and lower case alphabet, both in order and out of order, a list of the consonants, a syllabary, two lists of three-letter words, and a short story about Tray the dog. |
| 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) | Hornbooks -- Specimen -- Juvenile literature; Readers (Primary) |
| Category | Battledores
Primers (Instructional books)
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0940 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PE1118.E58 1830 |
| Object Type | Leaflet
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| Physical Description | [1] leaf ([4] p.): illustrated; 13 x 8.5 cm. (when folded) |
| 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 L.5 |
