CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2019. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, title label on spines. 2 vol.: xi, 610 pages; xxxviii, 565 pages. "Turn to any page of the recently published, two-volume, folio-size Catalog of the Cotsen Children's Library: The Nineteenth Century -- say, page 24 of volume II -- and the bibliographical detail accompanying each entry and illustration are case studies in thoroughness. In my case, page 24 reveals..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II

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CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, A-L (VOL. I).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, title label on spine. 656 pages. In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. Four volumes of the catalogue have been completed thus far. In May 2000, volume I, The..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, A-L (VOL. I

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Bucking, Scott.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: P. COTSEN-PRINCETON 1 AND THE TRAINING OF SCRIBES IN BYZANTINE EGYPT.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2011. 7 x 9 inches. cloth, in slipcase. 266 pages. This book by papyrologist Scott Bucking is about a 7th century Sahidic Coptic manuscript including a syllabary and simple text indicating its use for elementary instruction in a monastery. The text provides a papyrological description of the manuscript, with historical and social context, and discusses current issues in papyrology relating to papyri as archaeological objects. With a 61-page color facsimile..... READ MORE about PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: P. COTSEN-PRINCETON 1 AND THE TRAINING OF SCRIBES IN BYZANTINE EGYPT

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Cohn, Don J. (ed.) with text by Ann Herring.

THE DAWN OF WISDOM: SELECTIONS FROM THE JAPANESE COLLECTION OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. paperback. 136 pages. The Cotsen Children's Library is home to one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese books and printed matter for children outside of Japan. At present, this remarkable and constantly expanding corpus consists of over 10,000 items, including not only books and magazines, but also printed games, posters and broadsides, single-sheet prints, panel-theater sets, educational materials for home and school..... READ MORE about THE DAWN OF WISDOM: SELECTIONS FROM THE JAPANESE COLLECTION OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

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James, Solomon and Allan Salt (trans.).

LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 2010. 4.2 x 5.5 inches. hardback with dust jacket. 16 pages. Facsimile of an illustrated manuscript and of a contemporary letter providing its translation by Reverend Allan Salt. Introduction by Ivy Trent. The original was written in Ojibway and painted on birchbark by Soloman James, Sound of Thunder Ravens, Chief of the Shawanagaw Band of Ojibway Indians, for his son, Louis. The book illustrates hunting and way of life around..... READ MORE about LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS

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Kallmeyer-Melhorn, Margarete.

DER WUNDERKNAUL: THE WONDROUS BALL OF YARN PICTURES AND VERSES.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2008. 12.4 x 15.1 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 40 pages. Der Wunderknaul is the beautifully illustrated tale of Inge's adventures with a ball of yarn. This innovative picture book with verses by Margarete Kallmeyer-Melhorn reflects an interesting transitional period in German society from a nursery perspective: the change from traditional German society to the modern world. The book contains a biographical note with family photographs by Kallmeyer-Melhorn's great nephew, Thomas..... READ MORE about DER WUNDERKNAUL: THE WONDROUS BALL OF YARN PICTURES AND VERSES

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Shefrin, Jill.

THE DARTONS: PUBLISHERS OF EDUCATIONAL AIDS, PASTIMES & JUVENILE EPHEMERA, 1787-1876. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2009. 9.5 x 12.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 522 pages. Winner of the Justin G. Schiller Prize (Bibliographical Society of America) and the F.J. Harvey Darton Award (Children's Books History Society). Nominated for the International Bibliographical Prize (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers). Catalogue of alphabets tiles, battledores, block puzzles, cards, jigsaw puzzles, educational aids, board games, maps, map samplers, pictures sheets, scrolls and writing sheets published by the Darton firms..... READ MORE about THE DARTONS: PUBLISHERS OF EDUCATIONAL AIDS, PASTIMES & JUVENILE EPHEMERA, 1787-1876. A...

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Wilson, Mark.

EDUCATION IN THE EARLIEST SCHOOLS.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 2008. 10.2 x 12.6 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 282 pages. This richly illustrated publication by Mark Wilson comprises an introductory essay and catalogue of the nearly two hundred tablets from the Cotsen Collection of ancient school texts, the greater number of these dating from the Old Babylonian period. The first part tells the story of the "Eduba"; the tablet house, and the earliest known school. The curriculum of the eduba..... READ MORE about EDUCATION IN THE EARLIEST SCHOOLS

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CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE PRE-1801 IMPRINTS, (VOLS. I & II).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2020. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. Blue Japanese cloth with gilt-stamping, spine labels. 2 vols: xli, 258; xxxvii, 2, [260]. In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. With the publication in 2020 of The Pre-1801 volumes I (A-K) and II (L-Z), the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE PRE-1801 IMPRINTS, (VOLS. I & II

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Shefrin, Jill.

NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY: JOHN SPILSBURY AND EARLY DISSECTED PUZZLES.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). paperback. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of..... READ MORE about NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY:...

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