Royal Primer
Or, an easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading: authoriz'd by His Majesty King George II: to be used throughout His Majesty's dominions: adorn'd with cuts.
- London: Printed for Carnan and Newbery, 1767
London: Printed for Carnan and Newbery, 1767. PRIMER. London: Printed for Carnan and Newbery, at no. 65, in St. Paul's Church-yard, and B. Collins at Salisbury. [n.d.c.a. 1776].
An early edition the Newbery Royal Primer, the precursor to the New England Primer. This edition is unrecorded as Roscoe does not list a Carnan and Newbery imprint. The sheets, besides the imprint and the advertisement p. [1] match Roscoe 5b "The text of the TP is surrounded by an ornamental frame of oval lozenges. The letter A in the 1st line of verse on p. [2] is immediately below B in 'Books' in the line above." However, the advertisement imprint on p. [1] matches that of Roscoe 5a. The advertisement on p. [1] is for the Third edition of the "Royal Psalter" which records indicate was printed in 1776, however Roscoe states that this advert could be referring to a reprinting of the 3rd edition. Roscoe lists 12 different editions or variants of Newbery's Royal Primer but locates only four copies. Of the copies we could find at auction, besides the present copy, there have been only 3 complete copies sold of any edition.
In 1978 Sothey's sold the only other copy we can locate with this Carnan And Newbery imprint. They stated "This is the only known copy of a hitherto unrecorded edition." That copy is incomplete and presently located at Princeton. Princeton notes the date to be 1767-1768.
One small twelvemo volume (3 1/4 x 3 inches; 85 x 75 mm). [1]-72 pp. Complete with two leaves of woodcut alphabet containing 24 small woodcuts, and 26 additional woodcuts including the frontispiece.
Original Dutch floral paper boards. Some repairs to spine and board edges. Some minor staining to a few leaves. Still a very good copy, better than usually found as it is a children's book.
This primer contains the alphabet and a short scripture catechism There are woodcuts of animals and birds, and illustrations of some Bible stories and virtues.
HBS 69617.
$8,500.
An early edition the Newbery Royal Primer, the precursor to the New England Primer. This edition is unrecorded as Roscoe does not list a Carnan and Newbery imprint. The sheets, besides the imprint and the advertisement p. [1] match Roscoe 5b "The text of the TP is surrounded by an ornamental frame of oval lozenges. The letter A in the 1st line of verse on p. [2] is immediately below B in 'Books' in the line above." However, the advertisement imprint on p. [1] matches that of Roscoe 5a. The advertisement on p. [1] is for the Third edition of the "Royal Psalter" which records indicate was printed in 1776, however Roscoe states that this advert could be referring to a reprinting of the 3rd edition. Roscoe lists 12 different editions or variants of Newbery's Royal Primer but locates only four copies. Of the copies we could find at auction, besides the present copy, there have been only 3 complete copies sold of any edition.
In 1978 Sothey's sold the only other copy we can locate with this Carnan And Newbery imprint. They stated "This is the only known copy of a hitherto unrecorded edition." That copy is incomplete and presently located at Princeton. Princeton notes the date to be 1767-1768.
One small twelvemo volume (3 1/4 x 3 inches; 85 x 75 mm). [1]-72 pp. Complete with two leaves of woodcut alphabet containing 24 small woodcuts, and 26 additional woodcuts including the frontispiece.
Original Dutch floral paper boards. Some repairs to spine and board edges. Some minor staining to a few leaves. Still a very good copy, better than usually found as it is a children's book.
This primer contains the alphabet and a short scripture catechism There are woodcuts of animals and birds, and illustrations of some Bible stories and virtues.
HBS 69617.
$8,500.
Details
Title
Royal Primer
Author
PRIMER
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Printed for Carnan and Newbery: London
Date
1767