The Multiplication Table in Verse

London: George Routledge & Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate, No date [c. 1860-1870s]. [RHYMING VERSE]. Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street.
8vo (9 5/8” x 7 3/16”); [6] leaves printed on side only; stiff glazed color pictorial wrapper featuring 2 vignettes, one in a cloakroom and the other of boys playing, rear wrapper publisher’s ad for Routledge’s New Sixpenny Toy Books; publisher’s string binding; chromolithographed illustrations throughout; 2” split from foot of spine fold, scuff to front wrapper, creases at corners, 3” chip on rear wrapper edge extending into the numbered list; very good minus. Item #1943

A clever book teaching multiplication with a focus on boys. Illustrations of boys walking with books slung on their backs, swinging on ropes, hats in a cloakroom, playing cricket, and pictures of ships at sea. A humorous illustration titled “Twice TWELVE are TWENTY-FOUR / Old Ladies drinking Tea.” features the silhouette of a woman appearing to be a witch on the curtains.

Price: $175.00