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The royal primer, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading : authoriz'd by His Majesty King George II : to be used throughout His Majesty's dominions ; adorned with cuts.

Accession number
PML 68291
Published
London : Printed for J. Newberry [sic], at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, [after 1799]
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund; 1976.
Notes
At foot of t.p.: (Price bound 3d.).
Identified as an American forgery, not before 1799 (date of watermark). See Be Merry and Wise.
With typographical ornament identical to that used by the Boston publisher John Boyles.
Description
78 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 10 cm
Provenance
PML copy has bookplate of James William Ellsworth. From the private collection of A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Binding
Dutch floral wrappers.
Classification
Department