[Rarebooks] For Sale: 1795 Philadelphia Juvenile Imprint

[Norman Kane]

ADAMS  (Rev.) JOHN [1750?-1814].  THE FLOWERS OF ANCIENT HISTORY;
COMPREHENDING ON A NEW PLAN    .  .  . DESIGNED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
AND ENTERTAINMENT OF YOUTH.  Philadelphia: Printed by Jacob Johnson & 
Co., 1795.   12mo, 6 1/4 X 3 1/2 inches, old calf, joint 
strengthened, new front blanks, old, somewhat clumsy, repair to a 
tear in one leaf, a few light spots, xi, [1 - blank], 291, [1 - 
blank] pages, "Bethlehem [Pa.] Board'g School, 1803," written on end 
paper.   Of the 3 errors noted in the AAS copy, this copy has 2: 
signature C is missigned B & p.116 is misnumbered 72.
But in this copy p. 2 is correctly numbered. Further, in our copy 
page 53 is misnumbered 23.  First US edition.  Evans 
28419.   $300.00                    (Trade Discount 10%)


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