Shedden, Cecilia, Mrs.:

$250 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

ABRIDGEMENT OF THE LOGOGRAPHIC EMBLEMATICAL FRENCH SPELLING BOOK, OR FRENCH PRONUNCIATION MADE EASY. Curious early French spelling book for young Americans. Shedden confidently declares on the titlepage that it is "A system by which a Child of only four or five years, of even indifferent capacity and entirely unacquainted with the Alphabet, will, in a few months, read French with fluency, and correctness of pronunciation." The plates are comprised of numerous small cuts of objects, animals, etc.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.