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Rare set of instructional cards with animal cuts
Rare set of instructional cards with animal cuts
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Description
Heading: (Spelling Cards)
Author:
Title: Untitled series of thirty cards to aid in spelling instruction
Place Published: No place
Publisher:
Date Published: No date, but early 19th century
Description:


30 stiff cards, each with a mounted sheet containing 6 woodcut illustrations of animals, the names in type within each image. Cards overall 7.5x11.5 cm (3x4½"). Housed in a custom box "Spelling Cards" in gilt on box spine.



An unusual and rare series of cards for children, likely used as an aid in spelling instruction. Publisher unidentified but likely published in London in the first third of the 19th century. All areas of the animal kingdom are covered, mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, marine life, etc.

Condition
Foxing and light wear; very good.
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Rare set of instructional cards with animal cuts

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