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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 85578.7
Creator
Truelove, Nurse.
Published
Brentford [London] : Printed by P. Norbury, and sold by all booksellers in town and country, [179-?].
Notes
First published with title: Nurse Truelove's Christmas-box. London: Newbery, ca. 1750 (Cf. Roscoe, S. Newbery, J269).
At foot of t.p.: Price one-penny.
Also issued with imprint: London : T. Evans ; Brentford : P. Norbury (PML 83544).
Blocks used for illustrations same as those used in 1776 Carnan & Newbery edition (PML 82456)
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).
Description
31, [1] p. : ill. (wood cuts) ; 12 cm
Classification
Department