The Mother's remarks on a set of cuts for children. [Four lines of verse].

Other author Lovechild, Mrs., 1744-1813.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed for Jacob Johnson, no. 147 Market Street. T.S. Manning, printer, no. 143 N. Third Street, 1803.
Description2 volumes ; 15 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 4688. ^A575643
General noteTitle to v. 2 varies slightly, with "Two or more syllables." added after "Part II."
General noteWelch suggests Lady Eleanor Fenn ("Mrs. Lovechild") as the author.
General noteAccompanied by 324 cuts on LIV plates, an "Advertisement" (8 p.), and 5 unnumbered cards. Card 1 is an alphabet "for cutting into single letters." Card 2 consists of lower case consonants, with one or two spaces after each, ruled into squares. Card 3 has lower case vowels and the letter y "to place after the consonants" on card 2. Card 4 is a "frame on which to place the moveable letters, for spelling words." Card 5 is a frame "for concealing the cuts till the names have been read." The set is housed in a wooden box (7 x 18 x 12 cm.) with hand-colored printed paper label: Douceurs. Published by J. Johnson no. 147 Market-Street.
General note"A Dictionary, or, Index to a set of cuts for children" (1804) and booklets entitled "A List of nouns" (1804) and "The Book of nouns" (1804) belong with this or a similar set of cuts, but are not present in the item in hand. Cf. Advertisement.
General notePlates XXXVII-LIV were also issued in a volume with remarks, as "The Father's gift" (1804).
General notePagination, vol. 1: viii, [1], 10-84 p.; v. 2: 84 p.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 4688
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 288
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 909
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4688).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1803.
Genre/formSpellers.
Other title Father's gift.
Other title Dictionary or Index to a set of cuts for children.
Other title List of nouns.
Other title Book of nouns.
Other titleDouceurs.

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