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WELSH, Jane Kilby.

(1783? – ?)

(Born: c1783; Died:     )

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Familiar Lessons, 1832

1. English, 1833.
Familiar Lessons | in | Mineralogy And Geology, | designed for the use of | Young Persons And Lyceums. | In Two Volumes. | By Jane Kilby Welsh, | Author of `The Pastime Of Learning, With Lessons In Botany.' | [rule] | [...4 lines of quotation...] | [rule] | Vol. I. [-II.] | Including Lessons In Mineralogy And Conchology. | Boston: | Clapp & Hull, 184 Washington Street. | M DCCC XXXII.

2 vols. [Vol 1] 8°: [1]-404, [2] p., frontispiece (View of the columnar trap at Pleaskin, Ireland). [Vol 2] 8°: [3]-401, [1] p., folding hand-colored plate (showing geological cross sections and fossils). Very scarce.

Contents: [Vol 1] [Frontispiece, View of the columnar trap at Pleaskin, Ireland.]; [1-2], Title page, verso "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, | ..."; [3]-4, "Preface."-dated 20 October 1832.; [5]-8, "Contents Of Volume I."; [9]-376, Text.; [377]-396, "Vocabulary."; [397]-404, "Index To The First Volume."; [1 pg], "Index To The Engravings."; [1 pg], "Errata."

[Vol 2] [3-4], Title page, verso "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, | ..."; [5]-8, "Contents Of Volume II."; [Folding hand-colored plate showing geological cross sections and fossils.]; [9]-390, Text.; [391]-395, "Vocabulary."; [396]-401, "Index To The Second Volume."; [1 pg], "Errata."

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