A suit of armour for youth
Publisher: Published by the proprietor
Published: 1824
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Armor; Conduct of life; Weapons
Description: "A handbook of moral precepts in the form of an allegorical description of knightly armour ... [Eleven] engravings [by Cosmo Armstrong and B.L. Wright] of different pieces of equipment ... may be folded up to ... uncover a depiction of the ideal character trait the piece symbolises ... The plates are accompanied by a text that is inspirational but imparts much historical information." Note of bookseller, E.P. Schmidt, laid in.
Notes: Preface signed: S.G.

Early children's books and their illustration / Pierpont Morgan Library. 1975, p. 35-36, item 37.

Studies in seventeenth century imagery / Mario Praz. 1964, p. 344.