The Philadelphia vocabulary, English and Latin [electronic resource] : put into a new method, proper to acquaint the learner with things as well as pure Latin words. Adorned with twenty-six pictures. For the use of schools. By James Greenwood, Author of the English grammar, and late Sur-master of St. Paul's School.
1787
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The Philadelphia vocabulary, English and Latin [electronic resource] : put into a new method, proper to acquaint the learner with things as well as pure Latin words. Adorned with twenty-six pictures. For the use of schools. By James Greenwood, Author of the English grammar, and late Sur-master of St. Paul's School.
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Greenwood, James, d. 1737.
Publication Details
Philadelphia : Printed by Carey and Co. and sold by all the booksellers, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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Multiple languages
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viii,123,[1]p. : ill. ; 12⁰.
Note
This first American edition of the popular textbook is one of the earliest American illustrated children's books. It has the same preface, with additions, and practically the same text as Greenwood's "London vocabulary" which the Dictionary of national biography states was an abridgement of "Orbis pictura" by Jan. Amos Komensky.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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Evans, 20398
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 117
English Short Title Catalog, W27622.
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 117
English Short Title Catalog, W27622.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, printer.
Talbot, Christopher, printer.
Spotswood, William, 1753?-1805, printer.
Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. Orbis sensualium pictus. English.
Talbot, Christopher, printer.
Spotswood, William, 1753?-1805, printer.
Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. Orbis sensualium pictus. English.
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