This is the edition from which first American was modeled and is "for the use of young Latin scholars". In English, translated by Charles Hoole, and Latin. The first American edition of this famous book was published in 1810 and was copied from this 12th English edition.
Latin was the language of scholars, the professions and the law courts and therefore necessary for further learning. Philadelphia: Published and sold by M'Carty & Davis, 1828. Shows "A" through "Y", "Z" didn't fit and was not included! Exhibit checklist 17.4 ( View this item)Ī PICTURE DICTIONARY FOR CHILDREN. This copy has been covered by a former owner in checked gingham to protect the original binding of leather-backed paper covered boards. Several testimonials by educators praise Miss Oram's picture dictionary as a promising tool based on John Locke's dictum on the Abuse of Words: "Things which the eye distinguishes by their shapes, would be best let into the mind by drawings made of them." (From title page). The preface of this book refers to the teaching profession as "the least regarded of all useful occupations." This perhaps explains the numerous efforts to make the job easier by coming up with "new" teaching methods. Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother Baltimore: Fisher & Denison, n. The color lithographs, many of them double spreads, are of various subjects with notations below. Written in German, this is a French translation for the use of families and infant schools.
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