[Wood hornbook]
Contributors: Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Place of publication: [United States?
Language: eng
Format: Realia
Subjects: Hornbooks -- Specimens; Abacus -- Specimens
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Hornbook; Wood hornbook, eighteenth century, possibly American; Wood hornbook, 18th century, possibly American
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger.

An eighteenth-century hornbook, possibly American, with alphabet in lower and uppercases, followed by vowels, ligatures, and the Lord's prayer.  Paper text covered with translucent horn tacked to the face. Two-line abacus with 12 beads in cutout at top. Carved indentions on verso.

Housed in cardboard case (31 x 20 cm.).

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.