The First Spelling Primer; or an Easy Introduction to the Art of Reading Adorned with Emblematic Pictures.

$12,500.00

Item Number: 135238

London-Derry: Published by G. Douglas, 1795.

Second edition of this scarce 18th century spelling primer. 16mo, original limp paper boards, illustrated with twenty-six small text woodcuts illustrating the Prince’s Alphabet, followed by an ABC poem, The Alphabet in Rhime, syllables of two and three letters, easy words, easy reading lessons, the Lord’s Prayer, and a publisher’s advertisement leaf aimed at children mentioning four other titles: The Ladder to Learning; Manson’s Spelling Primer; Manson’s Spelling Book; and The Universal Spelling Book. In good condition. Ownership name to the front panel. Housed in a custom folding case. Exceptionally rare with no other copies traced in auction records, nor any of the titles mentioned in the advertisement leaf listed in any institutions.