Accession number
PML 87334
Creator
Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.
Published
London : Printed for S. Leacroft, 1777.
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball and Gordon N. Ray Funds, 2009.
Notes
Filled with numerous woodcut prints.
Index, 6 pages at end.
Hester Piozzi presented this copy to George Coventry, age 6, son of her friend Margaret Coventry, Viscountess Deerhurst, in 1791, possibly for his first communion. Her inscription, in the form of a poem, is accompanied by a simple watercolor of a boy playing ball.
Index, 6 pages at end.
Hester Piozzi presented this copy to George Coventry, age 6, son of her friend Margaret Coventry, Viscountess Deerhurst, in 1791, possibly for his first communion. Her inscription, in the form of a poem, is accompanied by a simple watercolor of a boy playing ball.
Description
[16], 197 [7] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm
Provenance
Presentation copy from Hester Piozzi to George Coventry; from the collection of Paula Peyraud.
Binding
Red straight-grain morocco, gilt; teal watered silk doublures. In case.
Classification
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Department