Title: The Royal Primer; Or, and Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading. Author: Place: Boston Publisher: Samuel Hall Date: 1796 Description: 69 pp. Woodcut illustrations. (24mo) 10x8.5 cm (4x3½") original patterned wrappers. Custom cloth box. Along with the New England Primer, this present was among the most celebrated of the great Primers issued from the presses on both sides of the Atlantic. This edition reprinted from the 1787 edition by Isaiah Thomas. Evans 31131. OCLC WorldCat locates only 7 copies, 5 of those in Massachusetts, the others in New Hampshire and Connecticut. No copies in auction records. Lot Amendments Condition: Lower half of spine perished, rear wrapper chipped, small repair to front wrapper; ink name on title page, foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 253510
Title: The Royal Primer; Or, and Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading. Author: Place: Boston Publisher: Samuel Hall Date: 1796 Description: 69 pp. Woodcut illustrations. (24mo) 10x8.5 cm (4x3½") original patterned wrappers. Custom cloth box. Along with the New England Primer, this present was among the most celebrated of the great Primers issued from the presses on both sides of the Atlantic. This edition reprinted from the 1787 edition by Isaiah Thomas. Evans 31131. OCLC WorldCat locates only 7 copies, 5 of those in Massachusetts, the others in New Hampshire and Connecticut. No copies in auction records. Lot Amendments Condition: Lower half of spine perished, rear wrapper chipped, small repair to front wrapper; ink name on title page, foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 253510
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