Astronomical and Geographical Catechism for the Use of Children

by Children's Book

$450 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

The Eighth Edition. 36pp. 12mo. Original marbled wrappers. Shaw 8029. Item #333546 First published in 1795, all early editions are scarce. Arranged as a series of questions and answers designed to be memorized and recited by rote, this popular “catechism” sheds light on the astronomical and geographical knowledge deemed important for young Americans in the 1790s—when there were seven planets

• Binding: Wrappers

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