Historical tablets and medallions illustrative of an improved system of artificial memory for the more easy remembrance of remarkable events and date : exhibiting in a series of tinted engravings (including more than one hundred medallic portraits) a connected outline of historical and biographical chronology, the complete succession of all the Roman Emperors, and of the sovereigns of England and France, down to the present time : together with an appropriate introduction, appendix, and vocabulary / designed and arranged by John Henry Todd.

Todd, John Henry, Historical tablets and medallions illustrative of an improved system of artificial memory for the more easy remembrance of remarkable events and date , 1828

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Todd, John Henry

Title(s):

Historical tablets and medallions illustrative of an improved system of artificial memory for the more easy remembrance of remarkable events and date : exhibiting in a series of tinted engravings (including more than one hundred medallic portraits) a connected outline of historical and biographical chronology, the complete succession of all the Roman Emperors, and of the sovereigns of England and France, down to the present time : together with an appropriate introduction, appendix, and vocabulary / designed and arranged by John Henry Todd.

Additional Title(s):

Tablets and medallions for the more easy remembrance of historical events & dates

Historical tablets and medallions, &c. &c.

Published/Created:

London ; George Cowie and Co. Poultry ; and Robbins and Wheeler, Winchester, 1828.
[Winchester] : George Cowie and Co. Poultry ; and Robbins and Wheeler, Winchester, 1828.

Physical Description:

[4], viii, [2], 43, [1] p., [21] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 33 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
BF383 .T63 1828+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/5422425

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Books

Notes:

Cover title, on publisher's printed label: Tablets and medallions for the more easy remembrance of historical events & dates.
Half-title: Historical tablets and medallions, &c. &c.
Engravings by James and Josiah Neele.
Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street.
Signatures: [A]-G⁴.
With an added engraved title page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Advertisement slip tipped in at end.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in red paper covered boards, with publisher's printed title label. Publisher's advertisement for John Clark's A series of practical instructions in landscape-painting in water-colours, on [6] p. at end, not included in pagination.

Subject Terms:

Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863. Series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours.
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1828.
George Cowie and Co.l -- Publisher.
Kings and rulers -- Portraits.
Mnemonics.
Robbins and Wheeler -- Publisher.
S. and R. Bentley -- Printer.

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Publisher's advertisements.

Contributors:

Neele, James.
Neele, Josiah.

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Introduction, explanatory of the System
Supplement to the Introduction-An epitome of Dr. Watt's rules for the improvement of the memory
The tablets, and the memorial lines, with appropriate explanations: Series I. General history and biography. Series 2. Roman emperors. Series 3. English sovereigns. Series 4. French kings
Questions for examination in the several parts of the system
Appendix, showing the method of applying the system to various other sciences, &c.
Vocabulary of all the technical words.

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