First Set Catechisms Prayers by Watts Isaac (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Undated, the British Library date this is a 31-page tract / chapbook to circa 1840, published in Derby. Light creasing wear else in good condition. is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Unknown (Possibly 1st Thus?). A small provincial imprint chapbook published in WAKEFIELD, Yorkshire. A most attractive little publication 4" x 2. 5" (approx 10cm x 6.5 cm) in sewn blue wraps, with a woodcut of children praying around a table below the title, in a charming decorative border. Very clean. Internally the woodcut and title is repeated on the first page - a good deep impression - NO date shown but likely 1815/30? . The rest of the book is unillustrated but contains what is probably a version of Watt's 'The First Set of Catechisms and Prayers; or the Religion of Little Children under Seven Years of Age'. 30pp. Excellent condition, clean tight and bright. NO inscriptions or marks. "Isaac Watts is most well-known as a Nonconformist hymn-writer. Many of his compositions are still in common use today & his Divine Songs, first published in 1715, is considered the first hymn-book for children. Watts's non-hymnal writings include catechisms composed for children of various ages. The first set for children under seven years of age, & the second set for children from seven to twelve years of age. This early nineteenth century edition begins with 'The First Catechism of the Principles of Religion' - ending with 'The Young Child's Grace after Meat'. Scarce. See Images. ; 4" x 2.5".

Paperback. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Two lovely pocket-sized nineteenth-century children's works, adorned with various woodcut illustrations. Two pocket-sized children's works in the original paper wraps.Catechismsis made up of questions and answers regarding the Christian faith for 'the religion of little children', accompanied by some example prayers. Illustrated with a frontispiece.Gingerbread, from York publisher J. Kendrew, is a story of a little boy learning to read with the help of an alphabet book made of gingerbread. Gingerbread hornbooks were 'a time-honored way of encouraging literacy in early modern England.' Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece and eleven further in-text woodcut illustrations. In the original paper wraps.Externally, sound. Wraps are age toned with the odd spot. Edge wear and creasing to extremities of paper boards. The odd small chip to lower board of Gingerbread. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned with the odd tide mark to Gingerbread. One publisher's advertisement to rear boards of both volumes. Good. book.