Author: [TEMPLETON, Thomas.]
Title: A book about pictures. Intended for the young.
Description: London: Religious Tract Society, 1842. 12mo in sixes. iv, 192pp, frontis with guard, text illustrations (some full page). Original green grained-cloth gilt. Hinge-papers cracked - rear hinge pulling slightly; frontis browned. A work on the visual arts and Christian life couched in the framework of a conversation of a father with his children. Chapter X includes a portion on the Magic Lantern. Possibly part of a series; Osborne lists 'A book about animals' and 'A book about birds' by RTS. COPAC: Cambridge, Oxford, Senate House, BL.

Keywords: literature illustrated Christian life ; Juvenile fiction. Illustrated books ; Juvenile fiction. Pictures ; Juvenile fiction. Engraving ; Juvenile fiction. Fathers ; Juvenile fiction. Coins ; Juvenile fiction. Picture-writing ; Juvenile fiction


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