Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The book of nouns, or, Things which may be seen.

Accession number
PML 252755
Published
London : Printed by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch Street, 1800.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
63 wood engravings included in pagination. Two pages of engravings, followed by two pages of lists of words in one, two or three syllables.
Illustrated with birds, animals and people engaged in their trades.
"Birds & Beasts", signature G, page [97] ; "Names of people, trades, &c.", signature H, page [113].
This edition does not include a printing date on page 66 as stated in Bondy, Miniature Books.
Library's copy housed in 1/4 red morocco over gray cloth clamshell box.
Description
128 pages : illustrations ; 54 x 45 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Marbled boards backed in red morocco.
Classification
Department