A Taste of Horton - A selection of items from the Horton Collection of Children's Material
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| Call. No | HOR D PAP |
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| Title | Papa and mama's easy lessons ; pleasing steps to the temple of knowledge. |
| Imprint | London : Dean and son, [n.d.] |
| Page Size | 155 x 100 mm |
| Collation | frontis., t.p., [82] |
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| Illustrations | frontis. - hand coloured wood engraving; t.p. - hand coloured wood engraving, entitled The water-rat ; 79 wood engraved vignettes and 6 illustrations by S. Williams, W.G.Mason, B.H., F.W.F., after B.Clayton, T.H. Nicholson, F. Shepherd, E. Weedon, H.W. Weir, Wood. |
| Binding | Orange bead grain cloth ; framed in double rule enclosing upper and lower decorations, blind blocked on back cover ; framed in double rule, enclosing upper and lower decoration and central title - Storybook, blocked in gilt on front cover ; gilt title between ornaments on spine ; pale yellow tinted e.p.; a.e.g. |
| Annotation | Inscription on front fly-leaf dated 1863. Publisher began publishing from this address in 1857 according to London Publishers and Printers. |
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| Contents | The first book for infants.
No.1 The child's easy reading book. The child's instructive reading book. The juvenile gift The child's book of pleasing tales and pictures The child's own picture reading book. No.7 |
| Tracings | DEAN AND SON WEIR, Harrison William CLAYTON, Benjamin NICHOLSON, Thomas Henry GILBERT, John SHEPHERD, F. MASON, W.G. WEEDON, E WOOD H., B. WILLIAMS, Samuel F., F.W. |
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