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Pictures for the nursery : on general, scripture, and missionary subjects
Pictures for the nursery : on general, scripture, and missionary subjects
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Pictures for the nursery : on general, scripture, and missionary subjects

Date1855
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Pictures for the nursery : on general, scripture, and missionary subjects. Pictorial front cover printed in red and black, drawn by Luke Limner (i.e. John Leighton), engraved by H. Leighton. Publisher's advertisements on outer back cover. Two or four hand-coloured engravings are on every leaf.
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CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131009542556D
Dewey Number2238474
Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities
Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities
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Voyages d'un philosophe, ou, Observations sur les moeurs & les arts des peuples de l'Afrique, de l'Asie et de l'Amerique
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1768
Food for the young : adapted to the mental capacities of children of tender years
Food for the young : adapted to the mental capacities of children of tender years
1818
The fireside traveller
The fireside traveller
1840
The costume, manners, and peculiarities of different inhabitants of the globe : calculated to instruct and amuse the little folks of all countries
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1831