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The British instructor; or, the first book for children : being a plain and easy guide to the English language; divided into different syllables, with proper lessons under each syllable; on a plan intirely [sic] new; designed for the use of schools.

Accession number
PML 67226
Published
London : Printed by J. and W. Oliver, for Thomas Field, 1763
Credit line
Purchased on the Harper Fund, 1976.
Notes
Woodcut frontispiece and 4 pp. of woodcut alphabets.
The anonymous compiler notes that the book was printed in a large impression, specifically for Black children in Virginia and South Carolinia, but also for the youth of Great-Britain
Description
[5], vi-viii, [1], 2-8, [1], 10-112 p., : ill. ; 15 cm.
Binding
Half brown leather over gray boards.
Classification
Department