Accession number
PML 89070
Creator
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.
Published
New-York : F.J. Huntington and Co. 174 Pearl Street, 1841.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
First leaf missing.
Nine full-page engraved maps, one signed W. Long, and numerous engraved vignettes, including title page vignette.
"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 this adaptation of Geography to early instruction, that has brought it into almost universal use, as a first study for children..."--preface signed "P.P."
Massachusetts copyright 1829 by Samuel G. Goodrich--verso of t.p.
Nine full-page engraved maps, one signed W. Long, and numerous engraved vignettes, including title page vignette.
"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 this adaptation of Geography to early instruction, that has brought it into almost universal use, as a first study for children..."--preface signed "P.P."
Massachusetts copyright 1829 by Samuel G. Goodrich--verso of t.p.
Description
120 p. : ill., maps (engravings) ; 14 x 12 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Brown floral calico cover on stiff paper boards.
Classification
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