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Hydroinformatics: Analysis and Modeling

[EDUCATION -- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE]. TUER, Andrew W[hite].Biblio.com

History of the horn-book. . . illustrations. This pocket contains three horn-books one of oak one of card one of â€œivoryâ€. . . .

189759249London: The Leadenhall Press Ltd. 50 Leadenhall St. 1897. Thick 4to. xvii 1 486 pp. 1 unnumbered leaf hollowed out booksafe composed of approx. 50 leaves pressed holding 3 miniature hornbook samples sized from 1.5 x 3.8 in. to 2.25 x 4.5 in. w/ linen clasp inserting into overlay w/ printed label plus 4 pp. publisherâ€™s ads. including illustrated ad for Arthur Gaskinâ€™s Horn-Book Jingles. Copper-engraved frontisp. preserving tissue guard hand-coloured vignette on title nearly 300 text illustrations plates and photo illustrations throughout. Brown ribbed publisherâ€™s cloth over beveled boards gilt & leather spine label in shape of hornbook minor rubbing slight shelfwear & very light fraying head & foot of spine still VG copy w/ ownership markings dated May 1897. First edition thus of this one-volume edition of the authorâ€™s early work detailing the varieties development and history of the hornbook. This widely used educational tool from the 15th to early 19th Centuries enabled children to learn the alphabet and prayers and was often covered with a translucent piece of horn to keep the text clean. Typically in the shape of a paddle sized about 2.5-3 x 4.5-5 inches allowing a child to easily hold with one hand hornbooks were intended to prepare children for reading. Ivory or actually â€œBoneâ€ hornbooks became more common towards the end of the 18th Century and typically used by affluent families for teaching their children. Tuer 1838-1900 was a noted printer publisher and author who invented Stickphast paste as a vegetable-based alternative to the common glues and gums used in the 19th Century and even introduced detachable sheets for writers and artists. He was also along with Abraham Field the primary drivers behind the famed Printerâ€™s International Specimen Exchange. The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 50 Leadenhall St., hardcover

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