The new battledore, Or, first lessons for children.
Whitehaven.
Printed and sold by J. Robinson, [s.d., c. 1818-35]
Dimensions 80 x 160 mm folded, 190 x 160 mm unfolded.
Single yellow card sheet, printed on both sides, folded into thirds. With five woodcut illustrations. A trifle rubbed, recto dulled and stained.
The third located copy of a provincially published example of the early educational aid commonly referred to as a Battledore, with the usual alphabets, phonics and short words and phases.
The battledore, commonly printed on a single sheet of card folded into thirds, was an offshoot of the hornbook, and was printed for the double purpose of serving as a literacy aid for the use of children when in school, and, during recreation, as a paddle in the game of shuttlecock and battledore, an early form of badminton.
OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just two locations (BL and McGill).
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref: 19566
The battledore, commonly printed on a single sheet of card folded into thirds, was an offshoot of the hornbook, and was printed for the double purpose of serving as a literacy aid for the use of children when in school, and, during recreation, as a paddle in the game of shuttlecock and battledore, an early form of badminton.
OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just two locations (BL and McGill).
