The discovery of america by c. columbus.
London.
W. Wetton, [s.d., c.1820]
12mo.
[3]-vi, [1], 8-176pp. With a wood-cut plate, five wood-cut illustrations in the text, and two terminal advertisement leaves. Contemporary sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt, blind-stamp of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to upper boards. Rubbed, joints split. Small paper repairs to margins of leaves B3, F3, and H3, occasional light spotting.
An anonymous history of the voyage of Christopher Columbus to America, designed for a juvenile readership to teach the importance of 'sobriety, temperance, and regularity of conduct'. This copy was bound for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, who presumably approved of the narrative not merely for it's morality but also the references made to introduction of Christianity to the Native Americans (albeit as a part of a deception during a lunar eclipse). A 'New Edition', printed following the death of W. Wetton, appeared in 1836.
COPAC records a single copy (Manchester), OCLC adds three further (Duke, Indiana, and Yale).
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 18659
COPAC records a single copy (Manchester), OCLC adds three further (Duke, Indiana, and Yale).
