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Title

The catechism of nature : for the use of children / by Doctor Martinet ... ; translated from the Dutch.

Author

Martinet, J. F. (Joannes Florentius), 1729-1795.

Publication

Philadelphia : Printed by John Bioren ..., 1799.

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Additional Authors

• Hall, John.
• Munck, Johann Carl, approximately 1730-1794.

Description

108 p.; 14 cm. (18mo)

Subjects

• Papermaking > Juvenile literature > Early works to 1800
• Decorative paper > Germany > Augsburg > Specimens
• Natural history > Juvenile literature > Early works to 1800
• Dialogues, English > Early works to 1800

Note

• Making paper from rags: p. 104-105.
• Translation of: Katechismus der natuur (originally published: Amsterdam, 1777-1779). Translation ascribed to John Hall; cf. Evans 23536.
• Signatures: A-C¹⁸ (i.e. [1-9⁶]). [1]⁶, [2]₃₋₅ signed A1-9 (-[1]₃,₇, [2]₃). [4-9⁶]: $1,3 signed B1-6, C1-6.

Indexed In (note)

• Evans

Call Number

Schlosser 413

OCLC

• 11013043
• NYPG89-B52963

Author

Martinet, J. F. (Joannes Florentius), 1729-1795.

Title

The catechism of nature : for the use of children / by Doctor Martinet ... ; translated from the Dutch.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Printed by John Bioren ..., 1799.

Indexed In:

Evans 35773

Local Note

Schlosser Copy: Pages 79-80 mutilated, with slight loss of text.

Schlosser Copy: Binding, contemporary, of gold and red decorated paper with depictions of the crucifixion on the front leaf and Saint Luke on the back leaf, two of eight panels from a sheet of paper published at Augsburg by Johann Carl Munck, ca. 1765. Cf. Haemmerle, A. Buntpapier, p. 84, fig. 72.

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Local Subject

Decorative paper -- Germany -- Augsburg -- Specimens.

Added Author

Hall, John.

Munck, Johann Carl, approximately 1730-1794.

Research Call Number

Schlosser 413

*KD 1799 (Martinet, J. F. Catechism of nature)