Catechism of health : for the use of schools, and for domestic instruction - Faust, Bernhard Christoph, 1755-1842; Basse, J. H. (John Henry); Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807 (London : Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1794)
Dedicated to the Duchess of Cumberland by the author.
Illustrations: Woodcut frontispiece, showing "a child in the kind of loose garment such as all children" ages 3 to 7 or 8 "ought to wear" ; page 27 shows an aruccio, a frame designed to protect infants that sleep with their mothers; page 178 has diagrams of "milk" and "lasting" teeth.
Inscribed in pencil on front pastedown: "This copy belonged to Dr. Roberts of Budport in the early 19th c."
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Publisher's quarter sheep, blind ruled on spine, and marbled paper-covered boards.
Keywords: Children -- Health and hygiene -- Early works to 1800.; Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.; Questions and answers; Inscriptions