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Instructive conversation cards : consisting of thirty two biographical sketches of eminent British characters.
Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
London : W. Darton, 1813.
Description
32, [4] printed cards ; 13.6 x 8.5 cm.
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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library
23152 Cards
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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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