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The royal road to spelling and reading : an illustrated spelling-book, in which all the peculiarities of English spelling and pronunciation are explained on the "step by step" principle.

Accession number
PML 89034
Published
London ; Edinburgh ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, [1867?]
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Preface signed by Edward N. Marks, London Oct. 1867.
"With three hundred engravings"--spine.
"This is the only illustrated spelling-book"--preface p. v.
T.p. and text printed within double-ruled borders.
Numerous wood engraved illustrations, including frontispiece and t.p. vignette, variously signed: E. Evans sc., Dalziel, B. Foster, W. Small del., W.S., R. Paterson sc., Williamson sc., H. Dudley, M. Jackson sc., W. Prior, T. Armstrong, Hanlon, G. Measom sc., H. Vizetelly sc., W. Dickes, G.P. Nicholls, Coleman, F. Borders sc., J. Jackson del., H. Anelay, H.A., C.E. Bruce, Weir del., Keeley Haswell del., M.U. Sears.
"Aus der Buchhandlung Th. Ulrici, Carlsruhe, Lammstrasse No. 4."--bookseller's label inside upper cover.
Description
xiv, 186 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 22.5 x 17 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's blue bead-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind.
Classification
Department