A Thousand Notable Things containing modern curiosities. Viz. Divers Rare and Experienc'd Physical Receipts... To Educate Children to learn languages speedily...Also a new help to discourse, and directions to read, write, indite and speak languages readily and speedily...
A Thousand Notable Things containing modern curiosities. Viz. Divers Rare and Experienc'd Physical Receipts... To Educate Children to learn languages speedily...Also a new help to discourse, and directions to read, write, indite and speak languages readily and speedily...
[1-2] 3-228, 48, [12] p. , incl. advertisements on the final [2] p. ill. (wd cuts). 14.5 cm.
Format:
Book
Description:
some worming in upper margin at front. binding badly worn. light browning and cockling.
21st edition of this book of secrets, first published in 1586, it contains "A New Method to Educate Children" pp. 153-163 with a woodcut of alphabet cubes. The 20th edition appeared in 1706.
The 48 p. section at the end has the caption title: The compleat Vermin-killer.
Some of the recipes are innocuous, others simply terrifying -- in spite of this, the author's instructions for educating children are surprisingly humane -- no corporal punishment and notably, no beating to correct left-handedness.
Publisher:
London. G. Conyers [probably after. 1706].
Title sort:
Thousand Notable Things containing modern curiosities. Viz. Divers Rare and Experienc'd Physical Receipts... To Educate Children to learn languages speedily...Also a new help to discourse, and directions to read, write, indite and speak languages readily and speedily...
Created:
1706-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
1706
Identifier:
ark:/88435/6h441163n
Location:
CTSN Eng 18 63120
Edm rights:
No Known Copyright
Range label:
Logical
Creator:
Lupton, Thomas
Binding note:
later sheep and marbled bds (backstrip lacking, spine reinforced).
Author:
Lupton, Thomas
Provenance:
Signature of F. H. Barclay 1925 on front free endpaper