Tom Thumb's play-book; to teach children their letters as soon as they can speak. Being a new and pleasant method to allure little ones in the first principles of learning.

People / Organizations

• Tom Thumb (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed [by Isaiah Thomas] for and sold by A. Barclay in Cornhill, [1764]

Added name

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer. Barclay, Andrew, 1738-1823, bookseller.

Publication year

1764

ESTC No.

W28150

Grub Street ID

338298

Description

31,[1]p. : ill. ; 7 cm. (48mo)

Note

"Printed by I. Thomas when a 'prentice in 1764, for A. Barclay."--ms. note in Thomas's hand in the American Antiquarian Society copy.

Dated 1765 by Evans.

Includes a Scripture catechism, graces, and prayers.

Uncontrolled note

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