Instructive conversation cards : consisting of thirty two biographical sketches of eminent British characters.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : W. Darton, 1813.
Description
32, [4] printed cards ; 13.6 x 8.5 cm.

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    Summary note
    The numbered cards bear the biographies of prominent Englishmen such as Alfred the Great, Roger Bacon, Wycliffe, Chaucer, Caxton, Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Gresham, George Lilly, Hugh Middleton, Walter Raleigh, John Hampden, William Harvey, Milton, William Penn, Christopher Wren, Isaac Newton, Thomas Guy, Hans Sloane, Nicholas Saunderson, John Locke, Joseph Addison, Pope, Isaac Watts, Jonas Hanway, Dr. Johnson, James Ferguson, John Barnard, Captain Cook, John Howard, Earl Mansfield, and William Cowper.
    Notes
    • Label on back of slipcase bears instructions for play.
    • Cotsen copy: Slipcase rubbed and worn. A burn mark effaces some of the text on the first question card.
    Binding note
    Pub. dull green s.c. w/ ptd labels, 14 x 9 x 1.5 cm.
    OCLC
    50163836
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