Author: John Aikin
Title: The Calendar of Nature, Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons. With Numerous Cuts.
Description: London, Edward Lacey, c1850. Cloth. A very scarce work by John Aikin, designed for young people of the nineteenth century. A new and improved edition. Undated, dated using Copac. A charming small volume by the author of 'Evenings at Home', John Aikin. Aikin dedicated this volume to his sister Mrs. Barbauld. Designed for young people this interesting volume charts the calendar months, offering an overview for each month. Illustrated with a plate to each month, each with a poem accompanied with a vignette. In a full cloth binding, with gilt detail to the spine. Externally smart. Light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and alight bumping to the extremities. Large tidemark to the rear board, with cockling to the cloth of the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Small tidemarks to each of the illustrated plates, to the head. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unamed. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Illustrated John Aikin Calendar John Aikin Unamed


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