A New System of Artificial Memory, Applied to General History, Chronology, &c. Ancient and Modern

Joseph Broader

Published by Published by John Richardson. And sold by all booksellers. [Printed by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale], 1827

About this Item

Neatly bound in green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Text block trimmed. Ex-libris rubber stamp of the mnemonics expert and book collector Bernard Zufall on the page preceding the preface. Soiling on title page and first page of the preface, else generally clean. pp. xii, [1]-32, 41-280, 313-314, 319-322, 327, 329 (i.e. 328). Text only volume, lacking the 27 illustrated plates and 40-odd pages of text (see pagination) and a few pages from the list of subscribers at its terminus. A scarce, if incomplete, copy of Joseph Broader's mnemonic system as applied to history and chronology. Eight institutional copies noted on OCLC (Penn State, Princeton, Yale, Cal State, BYU, The British Library, Birmingham Univ (UK), Skipton Library (UK).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A New System of Artificial Memory, Applied to General History, Chronology, &c. Ancient and Modern
• Publisher: Published by John Richardson. And sold by all booksellers. [Printed by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale]
• Publication Date: 1827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1 ounce