The moral instructor, or, A collection of sentences, from the best authors, disposed in easy lessons for children : designed to make reading as pleasant and easy as possible, and at the same time, to convey some useful knowledge to tender minds, as a pres
Bibliographic Citation:
Pickburn, John. The moral instructor, or, A collection of sentences, from the best authors, disposed in easy lessons for children : designed to make reading as pleasant and easy as possible, and at the same time, to convey some useful knowledge to tender minds, as a preservative against vice and folly, and an incentive to virtue / by John Pickburn, master of the grammar school, Wainfleet. Boston : Printed and sold by J. Hellaby, 1805.
Alternative Title:
Collection of sentences, from the best authors, disposed in easy lessons for children
Pickburn's moral instructor
Creator:
Pickburn, John.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Hellaby, 1805.
Notes:
  • "Price Sixpence."
  • First and last leaves pasted-down to boards.
  • "First published in the year 1759 ..."--Advertisement (i.e. , Preface), p. [8].
  • Woodcuts: illustrations, tail-piece.
  • Citations/References: Osborne Coll., p. 136
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Bound with Poems, pictures, and alphabet of verses: for the amusement and instruction of young persons. Chelmsford :Printed and sold by I. Marsden,[between 1815 and 1826]. Bound together subsequent to publications with 3 other works, with binder's spine title: Chap Books. Bound with purple cloth over boards.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 14 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Readers (Primary)
Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form:
Readers.
Primers (Instructional books)
Chapbook Category:
Books of Instruction
Call Number:
PN970 M37 P64 1815 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7939
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_M37_P64_1815_000903248