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The Christmas-box, or, The golden play-thing for little children : by which they may learn the letters as soon as they can speak, and know how to behave so as to make every body love them.

Accession number
PML 83544
Creator
Truelove, Nurse.
Published
[London] : Printed for T. Evans, no. 79, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield, London ; [Brentford, London] : By P. Norbury, Brentford, [179-?]
Credit line
Gift of Elisabeth Ball, 1965.
Notes
Also issued with imprint: Brentford : P. Norbury (PML 85578.7).
At foot of t.p.: Price one-penny.
Blocks used for illustrations same as those used in 1776 Carnan & Newbery edition (PML 82456)
First published with title: Nurse Truelove's Christmas-box. London: Newbery, ca. 1750 (Cf. Roscoe, S. Newbery, J269).
Includes: alphabets (p. 4); alphabet rhymes (p. 5-16); "Maxims for youth" (p. 17-19); "The history of Master Friendly" (p. 20-30); "To a good girl" (p. 31).
PML copy: wanting first and last leaves.
Description
31, [1] p. : ill. (wood cuts) ; 10 cm
Provenance
From the C.T. Owen and Elisabeth Ball collections.
Binding
Red morocco, gilt; Dutch floral wrappers bound in.
Classification
Department