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The Picture alphabet, designed for the instruction and amusement of all the little gentry in the kingdom (pp. 22-23)
The Picture alphabet, designed for the instruction and amusement of all the little gentry in the kingdom (pp. 22-23)
TitleThe Picture alphabet, designed for the instruction and amusement of all the little gentry in the kingdom (pp. 22-23)
PublisherTurner, M.
Publisher LocationEngland--Beverley
England--Hull
Publication Date1813
PrinterTurner, M.
Turner, G.

Image Production ProcessRelief prints--woodcuts
NotesIllustrated 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).
CategoryAlphabet books
Moral instruction
Bibles and religious works
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL1170
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Object TypeChapbook
Physical Description30 p.: illustrated; 10 x 16.5 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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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