Worlds displayed; for the benefit of young people, by a familiar history of some of their inhabitants : [Four lines of Scripture texts].
| Author/creator | Campbell, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed and published by Lincoln & Edmands, sold at their Bible Warehouse, and Theological & Miscellaneous Bookstore, no. 53 Cornhill, 1819. |
| Description | 52 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 47500. ^A575643 |
| General note | An allegory. |
| General note | "The design of this little book is to impress the minds of young people with the importance of time and eternity, and to exhibit the close connexion that there is betwixt them. ... The first edition having gone off in less than four months, encourages me to publish a second ..."--Preface, p. [2], signed: John Campbell. Edinburgh, Feb. 25, 1800. |
| General note | Pages [1] and [54] blank; pasted to printed wrapper. |
| General note | Pages [2] and [53] have wood engravings illustrating various quotations from the Bible. |
| General note | Printed wrappers vary. The American Antiquarian Society holds three copies with differing advertisements on lower cover, viz. "Lincoln & Edmands have just published the fourth edition of Adams' geography ...;" "Books, suitable for presents in Sunday schools, sold by Lincoln & Edmands ...;" "Lincoln & Edmands publish the following valuable school books ..." |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 47500 |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 50172 |
| References | Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 154.13 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 47500). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1819. |
| Genre/form | Allegories. |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston. |
| Genre/form | Publishers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |