The uncle's present : a new battledoor
Summary
24 letter alphabet (no J or U), illustrated with street vendors with their particular cries as captions.
Wrapper shaped like an envelope, with a flap that surrounds the fore-edge of the book. Title from inside that flap. Alphabet, numerals, illustration of sheep by a tree, and, "Read and be wise," on upper wrapper with imprint: Philadelphia: sold by Benjamin Warner, 147 Market Street.
Estimated date of printing based on these sources: Shaw & Shoemaker: [181-?]; Rosenbach: [ca. 1810]; AAS website: Johnson and Warner sold their firm in 1815.
Shaw & Shoemaker 21546
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 428
Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 34
Tags
Date
01/01/1810
Location
england
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain