The New-England Primer. Improved; or, An Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading. To which is added, The Assembly's Catechism. Adorned with cuts

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$200 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

32 leaves, woodcut illustrations 3 partially hand colored at an early date . 1 vols. 16mo. Original sheep-backed blue paper over wooden boards. Rear cover detached. Rosenbach 531; Heartman 435. Item #245047 AAS puts Loring at this location between 1815 and 1826, i.e. following his partnership with Manning. At least eight different issues of this Primer seem to be known. They show woodcut variations and typographical errors corrected. They all

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