- Vaguely foxed.
- Wr. frayed and rather heavily foxed.
= Unrecorded A.B. book with clear cut and brightly coloured large woodengr. illustrations of i.a. D for "Drijftol", J for "Juk", K for "Klomp" and S for "Schoen".
- Good/ fine copy.
- Backstrip and board edges rubbed and sl. worn; covers trifle warped.
= A is een aapje p.123. Rhyming advice for children on how to prevent dental decay.
- Piece of paper mounted on title, covering a paper ticket. Paper over spine partly worn off.
= A is een Aapje p.60-66; Landwehr, Prentgeschenk 5c: "De tendens is patriottisch - dus tegen Oranje - en het tweede gedeelte geeft vrijmetselaars-ideeën, goed versluierd overigens."; Caljé-van Gulik 292; De Koning 20; Waller 1639; Muller 1012; De hele Bibelebontse Berg, p.200-203; The Children's World of Learning 87: "Famous A B C book, as well for the special care given to its composition and production, as also for its Patriotic, i.c. revolutionary democratic, tendency. (...) Today the book easily belongs to the most interesting early A B C books, but at the time it only knew a short-lived popularity, as the Dutch Patriotic Revolution was completely defeated in 1787, only a few years before the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, and never really recovered."; BNK 38: "Wat Swildens voor ogen stond was een geïntegreerd leer- en leesboek in verlicht patriottische geest dat het oude, confessioneel gebonden haneboek geheel zou vervangen."
- Boards worn; ticket on frontcover. Fine copy.
= Huiskamp A78; Van Veen sale II, 58. Very rare.
- Fine copies.
= Being the Adventures of Hungry Peter, the Pig; Rufus, the Cat; Humpty & Dumpty, the Rabbits and Forager, the Puppy.
- First 3 vols. fine; final vol. sm. dam. to lower joint; contents fine.
= BNK 1641 (year 1787) en 1642 (year 1790). Very rare almanacs. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
- First and final lvs. sl. frayed/ foxed. Wrs. reattached. = Not in the usual bibliographies.
- Owner's entry on title; 1 leaf dam. in lower inner corner w. sl. loss of text (restored). Top of spine dam.; joints splitting at top of spine.
= Cf. The Children's World of Learning 2850 and Huiskamp P183 (1st ed., 1817).