Battledores. My New Battledore, Kettering: Joseph Toller, circa 1830s, single sheet of stiffened paper, folded to form two leaves with a flap, internally with three engravings, alphabets, and two lessons (some marks to one alphabet and inside front flap), exterior grey-brown with three engravings, imprint on flap, 13 x 8cm when folded, together with The New Royal Battledore, Kettering: Joseph Toller, circa 1840, single sheet of stiffened paper, folded to form two leaves with a flap, with three engravings, alphabets, numbers, and two lessons, exterior grey-brown,with woodcut of a zebra and imprint on flap, remainder of exterior with more letters, syllables and short words, 13 x 8.5cm when folded (Qty: 2) The battledore was a more portable and less expensive version of the hornbook, and its ephemeral nature means that copies rarely survive in good condition. Each battledore often varied in its engravings. The first item here has internally: a lady kneeling to pray; people waving at a passing royal coach travelling from Paris to Rome (the coach driver and passengers being royally-dressed donkeys); and a stage actor. Externally the engravings comprise: a basket-weaver (on the flap); a horse rider approaching a cabin; and visitors with candles in a catacombs passageway lined with skulls, possibly on a tour.
Battledores. My New Battledore, Kettering: Joseph Toller, circa 1830s, single sheet of stiffened paper, folded to form two leaves with a flap, internally with three engravings, alphabets, and two lessons (some marks to one alphabet and inside front flap), exterior grey-brown with three engravings, imprint on flap, 13 x 8cm when folded, together with The New Royal Battledore, Kettering: Joseph Toller, circa 1840, single sheet of stiffened paper, folded to form two leaves with a flap, with three engravings, alphabets, numbers, and two lessons, exterior grey-brown,with woodcut of a zebra and imprint on flap, remainder of exterior with more letters, syllables and short words, 13 x 8.5cm when folded (Qty: 2) The battledore was a more portable and less expensive version of the hornbook, and its ephemeral nature means that copies rarely survive in good condition. Each battledore often varied in its engravings. The first item here has internally: a lady kneeling to pray; people waving at a passing royal coach travelling from Paris to Rome (the coach driver and passengers being royally-dressed donkeys); and a stage actor. Externally the engravings comprise: a basket-weaver (on the flap); a horse rider approaching a cabin; and visitors with candles in a catacombs passageway lined with skulls, possibly on a tour.
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