The New-England Primer

£100 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A facsimile of the original 1777 publication that was issued in Boston, c.1850. This date is from the latest dated excerpt in the reproduction of newspaper testimonials included amongst the prefatory material. For variations between the many different editions of this facsimile, see George Parker Winship’s “Notes on a reprint of the New England primer improved, for the year 1777”, Cambridge [1922] in which are described 13 editions or issues.

• Year: 1850

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