ABRIDGEMENT OF THE LOGOGRAPHIC EMBLEMATICAL FRENCH SPELLING BOOK, OR FRENCH PRONUNCIATION MADE EASY
by Shedden, Cecilia, Mrs
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York, 1819.. vi,100pp. plus two (of four) engraved plates (both defective, with images clipped by a young person). Dbd. Foxing and scattered ink stains, contemporary ink annotations on titlepage, small section of first plate (i.e. "Plate II") clipped, second plate (i.e. "Plate I") present only in fragments, lacking plates three and four and list of subscribers. A fair copy, with text complete. Curious early French spelling book for young Americans. Shedden confidently declares on the titlepage that it is "A system by which a Child of only four or five years, of even indifferent capacity and entirely unacquainted with the Alphabet, will, in a few months, read French with fluency, and correctness of pronunciation." The plates are comprised of numerous small cuts of objects, animals, etc. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 49407.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM23664
- Title
- ABRIDGEMENT OF THE LOGOGRAPHIC EMBLEMATICAL FRENCH SPELLING BOOK, OR FRENCH PRONUNCIATION MADE EASY
- Author
- Shedden, Cecilia, Mrs
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1819.
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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