MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01591cam a2200337 a 4500
001 19017511
003 DLC
005 20090602081144.0
008 960430s1803 maua j 000 0 eng
010 $a 19017511
040 $aDLC$cDLC$edcrmb
050 00 $aPE1119.A1$bN5 1803b
130 0 $aNew England primer
245 14 $aThe New-England primer, improved, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading :$bto which is added, the Assembly's Catechism.
246 30 $aNew England primer improved
246 30 $aEasy and pleasant guide to the art of reading
260 $aBoston :$bPrinted by Manning & Loring, sold wholesale and retail at their bookstore, no. 2, Cornhill,$c[1803?]
300 $a[64] p. :$bill. (woodcuts) ;$c10 cm. (16mo)
500 $a"Adorned with cuts."
500 $aIncludes a frontispiece, a small illustration for each letter of the alphabet, and an illustration of John Rogers, martyr. Frontispiece and last leaf attached to wooden covers.
500 $aDate of printing suggested by Shaw & Shoemaker. Heartman gives range of 1800-1814.
500 $aSignatures: [A]⁸ B-D⁸.
510 4 $aHeartman, C.F. New England primer,$c422
510 4 $aShaw & Shoemaker$c4725
500 $aLC copy 1 imperfect: leaves D4 and D5 (p. [55]-[58]) wanting.$5DLC
650 0 $aReaders (Primary)
650 0 $aCatechisms, English.
655 7 $aJuvenile literature$y1803.$2rbgenr
710 2 $aManning & Loring,$eprinter.
710 2 $aJohn Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
711 22 $aWestminster Assembly$d(1643-1652).$tShorter catechism.