Accession number
PML 88904
Creator
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.
Published
Boston : Carter & Hendee ; Hartford : H. and F.J. Huntington, 1830.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"District of Massachusetts, to wit: District Clerk's Office. Be it remembered, That on the nineteenth day of August, A.D. 1829, ... Samuel G. Goodrich, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the works following, to wit:- "Peter Parley's Method of telling about Geography to Children."--verso of t.p.
By Samuel G. Goodrich, cf. his Recollections of a lifetime (New York, 1856), v. 2, p. 540.
"In the present work, I have ventured to treat a subject usually presented in a systematic form, in a somewhat colloquial manner, taking often a story-teller's latitude in the use of phraseology, in the method of illustration, and in the arrangement of facts. ... It is the adaptation of Geography to early instruction, that has brought it into almost universal use, as a first study for children. ... I hope I need make no apology for having availed myself of occasional opportunities to inculcate lessons of morality and religion upon the youthful heart."--preface, signed "P.P."
"Cyrus A. George. Plaistow. (crossed out: Jersey, ?? 1864) I studied this geography when I was five years of age. Cyrus A. George - In the year 1844"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
Nine full-page engraved maps, seven hand colored, and multiple engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, all unsigned.
By Samuel G. Goodrich, cf. his Recollections of a lifetime (New York, 1856), v. 2, p. 540.
"In the present work, I have ventured to treat a subject usually presented in a systematic form, in a somewhat colloquial manner, taking often a story-teller's latitude in the use of phraseology, in the method of illustration, and in the arrangement of facts. ... It is the adaptation of Geography to early instruction, that has brought it into almost universal use, as a first study for children. ... I hope I need make no apology for having availed myself of occasional opportunities to inculcate lessons of morality and religion upon the youthful heart."--preface, signed "P.P."
"Cyrus A. George. Plaistow. (crossed out: Jersey, ?? 1864) I studied this geography when I was five years of age. Cyrus A. George - In the year 1844"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
Nine full-page engraved maps, seven hand colored, and multiple engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, all unsigned.
Description
114, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., maps, some col. (engravings) ; 15 x 13 cm
Provenance
Cyrus A. George, inscription; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
1/4 red leather with yellow paper boards, stamped in black; a map of the planets engraved on lower board.
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