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Early impressions, or, Moral and instructive entertainment for children in prose and verse
Early impressions, or, Moral and instructive entertainment for children in prose and verse
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Early impressions, or, Moral and instructive entertainment for children in prose and verse

Date1828
Alternate Title
  • Moral and instructive entertainment for children in prose and verse
Format
Notes
The plates are drawn on stone and represent some of the first work in lithography to be applied to children's books. Written with short, detached sentences and divided into three parts, the first two on moral instruction and the last on natural history. With twelve designs by Dighton.
DimensionsCover size: 18 cm x 11.5 cm (7 1/16 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
Extent
  • xiv, 215 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations
Language
ProvenanceGift of Edgar Osborne in memory of Mabel Osborne
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131048628556D