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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Benjamin Franklin Primer |
| Date | 1879 |
| Record ID | 214371 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | Primers B468 F831 1879 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Animals and Nature Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Wit and humor Picture books Caricatures and cartoons Readers (Primary) Humor Primers (Instructional books) Advertisements Stationery |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts Life Skills Texts |
| Author | Law, Alfred W Smith, Theodore V Thaddeus Davids & Co. Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company |
| Publisher | Attleboro Chronicle Print |
| Places | Massachusetts |
| Document Type | Primer Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1879 Primers (Instructional books)--1879 Readers Caricatures Advertisements--Stationery Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Bookplates (Provenance) |
| Size | 23, [1] p. : ill. ; 16 cm |
| Page Numbers | 24 |
| Additional Notes | "Copyright secured, 1878, by F.B. Greene."--t.p. verso. American Antiquarian Society copy is the gift of Ruth E. Adomeit (1996), and bears her bookplate. |
| Catalog Notes | "The Benjamin Franklin primer is a good-natured satire on the primers and first readers in common use. While it may be a caricature of this style of literature, it is at least a faithful one, and is scarcely less absurd than the books in which our children receive their first instruction. Though not originally intended for public gaze, it has so worked itself into the popular favor that over 30,000 copies have thus far been required to meet the constantly increasing demand."--from an 1880 issue of The Benjamin Franklin Primer issued by the Boston School Supply Co. (1880). Title vignette has caption: Statue of Benjamin Franklin. "Copyright secured, 1878, by F.B. Greene."--t.p. verso. Wrapper imprint statement bears the variant date of 1879. In printed wrapper. "T.V. Smith, stationers' hardware ... no. 51 John Street, New York."--advertisement, p. [2] of wrapper. Advertisements for Thaddeus Davids & Co.'s writing ink, and a private message box sold by A.W. Law (8 Warren St., New York), p. [3] of wrapper. Advertisement for the Esterbrook Steel Pen Co., p. [4] of wrapper. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |