A KEY TO KNOWLEDGE ; OR, THINGS IN COMMON USE

Authors: Budden, Maria H.

Categories: Children / Youth

Non-fiction

Year: 1814

Publisher: J. Harris, The Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard

Pagination: 172

Dimensions: 14 x 9 cm

Illustrations: frontispiece woodcut hand-coloured

City: London

Document Type: Book

Language: English

Printer: H. Bryer, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London

Binding: Reddish brown, half calf (corners worn off). Front and back covers marbled board (badly worn). SPINE: [gilt-tooled] '(line) | KEY TO | KNOWLEDGE | (line) | (line) | (line)'.

Edges: Trimmed

Marginalia: Front paste-down endpaper (marking/scribbling). front blank page 'Ann Triffs | The gift of Nip Esustin' (? writing unclear). title-page 'Mary Hallowell'. backpaste-down endpaper (various markings in pencil).

Dedication: 'To the two smiling groupes on the hill, and in the valley, this little book presented, with many a fond wish, and many a tender prayer, for their virtue and happiness, by their affectionate mother and aunt, THE AUTHOR.'

Notes:

Full-title: A KEY TO KNOWLEDGE ; OR, THINGS IN COMMON USE. SIMPLY AND SHORTLY EXPLAINED ; IN A SERIES OF DIALOGUES Title-page 'WRITTEN BY A MOTHER, Author of 'Always Happy. - 'First Book for Children,' &c. &c.' A description of the use of common objects designed for children or young readers (see PREFACE). Dialogue form throughout.