A Present for Sabbath School Children
Boston: Printed and sold by Lincoln & Edmunds, No. 53 Cornhill, 1819. [JUVENILE] [RELIGIOUS] [CHAPBOOK]. 24mo (5” x 2 ¾”); 16pp final numbered page is rear of wrapper; front of imprinted wrapper, woodcut vignette of 4 children standing before a seated woman and the Old Testament words “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”; rear wrapper is numbered page 16 with a rhyming hymn and the word “Finis” in fancy ornament; publisher’s string binding; small ornaments and decorations in text; age toned paper, chipping of spine fold, a few small ink stains; very good minus. (Welch 1052.2). Item #2041
The contents include hymns from Watt’s, a poem, and portions of an address to Sabbath School children and their parents given by the Rev. Dr. Dana to the “public meeting of the Sabbath Schools under the patronage of the Newburyport Sabbath School and Tract Society.” Also included are excerpts from the address of Mr. Sharp from the General Meeting of the Sunday Schools of the three Baptist Societies in Boston in 1817.
Price: $125.00