A key to knowledge; or, things in common use. Simply and shortly explained in a series of dialogues
by A MOTHER. [BUDDEN, Maria Elizabeth]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. Harris and Son, 1820. viii, 172pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to bumped corners. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, slight loss to lower corner of leaf N5, very occasional spotting. Maria Elizabeth Budden (c.1780-1832), popular Regency children's author, who at her zenith wrote more than a book a year for her publisher John Harris. First printed in 1814, in her prefatory remarks Budden describes her work as 'a concise and simple elucidation of the several articles of daily use and daily consumption'. Structured as a conversation between children and a truly encyclopaedic mother, the subjects discussed are as diverse as silk, amber, rum, spermaceti, and paper. Moon 78 (3).. Third edition. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ20985
- Title
- A key to knowledge; or, things in common use. Simply and shortly explained in a series of dialogues
- Author
- A MOTHER. [BUDDEN, Maria Elizabeth]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Third edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Harris and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Keywords
- Children's
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Marbled boards
- ...