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All items are octavos in pamphlet form and the titles are as follows:PIKE, Robert Jr. & William. C. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge; or the Art of Memory (Boston: R. & W.C. Pike, 1844), being Vol. 1 / May, 1844 / No. 5 of a monthly publication. Pink paper wraps; [8] pp; printing on front and back of paper wraps.IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge; or the Art of Memory (Boston: R. & W.C. Pike, 1844), being Vol. 1 / June, 1844 / No. 6 (with an ink notation that it was number 5 ) of a monthly publication. Yellow paper wraps; [16] pp; printing on front and back of paper wraps. IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge; or the Art of Memory (Boston: R. & W.C. Pike, 1844), being Vol. 1 / September, 1844 / No. 7 of a bi-monthly publication. Pink paper wraps; [16] pp, plus printing on front and back of paper wraps; illustrations. IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge; or the Art of Memory (Boston: R. & W.C. Pike, 1844), being Vol. 1 / November 1844 / No. 8 of a bi-monthly publication. Pink paper wraps; [16] pp, including an illustrated fold-out, plus printing on front and back of paper wraps.IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge: or the Art of Memory. In Parts (Boston: Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1844). Second Edition, being Vol. 1 / November 1844 / No. 8. Pink paper wraps; [4] pp; including an illustrated fold-out plus printing on front and back of paper wraps.IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge: or the Art of Memory. In Parts (Boston: Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1844). Second Edition with the cover title Mnemonics, Part First. Paper wraps; 52 pp (misnumbered with no p. 43); printing on front and back of paper wraps; illustrations; mnemonic dictionary.IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge: or the Art of Memory. In Parts. (Boston: Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1844). Second Edition. Yellow paper wraps; [16] pp. numbered 53?68); printing on front and back of paper wraps; untrimmed.IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge: or the Art of Memory. In Parts. (Boston: Printed by Samuel N. Dickson, 1844). Second Edition. White paper wraps; 100 pp; illustrations.IBID. Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge or the Art of Memory. In Parts. (Boston: Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson & Co., 1846). Ninth Thousand. ?Sold by E. L. Pratt, 22 Court Street, and Book-Sellers Generally.? Blue paper wraps; 100 pp; printing on back cover devoted to positive testimonials.IBID. Mnemonics: The Analytical Basis of Classification, and the System of Chronics (Boston: Pike, Hilborn & Co., 1845). Plain white print paper wraps; [34] pp. Likely the largest grouping of Pike mnemonics ever assembled.One of the chief attractions in this offering are the two fold-out illustrations (they are identical, both are found in parts issue No.8 but one is a first edition and the other a second.). It is recorded by OCLC but it is recorded as a broadside. The fact we have two copies of it that are bound into two of the pamphlets offered here proves that was not the case originally. As they are quite attractive it is natural that they were separated from the books and offered as broadsides. As can plainly be seen they are nonsensical without the books. Mnemonics (a technique for improving memory by creating associations that are easier to remember) has been lauded and practiced for millennia but it seems that their introduction to the general American public was quite late. In 1844, the Pike brothers adapted old European memory systems for use in America but their additions to that tradition were significant. In Europe at the time mnemonics was often associated with mnemonists; stage acts in which the practitioner seemingly has instant recall about a vast array of facts. The Pikes were more ambitious and wanted their system of mnemonics to be an educational tool found in every school. Their primary publication was Mnemonics Ap.
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