Exercise book
Title
Exercise book
Date
1805-1806
Description
13 1/8" H x 8 1/4" W
Contains mathematical instructions, examples, and word problems for such topics as arithmetic, weights and measures, reduction, rule of three, direct proportions, time, and motion. The volume is profusely illuminated in watercolor. Floral designs predominate, but there are also buildings, a horse, birds, and faces. As well, a knitting pattern for a large net is also included.
No cover; single section. Also laid in is an illuminated birth record for Jacob Mayer, son of Johannes Mayer and Maria Kauffman in Pertli (?) County, Virginia [perhaps Berkeley County, now in West Virginia], in 1789.
Source
NJ/DE Digital Collective
Relation
Subject
Education-Virginia; Instructional materials; Mathematics-Problems, exercises, etc
Calligraphy; Illumination of books and manuscripts; Students
Collection
Citation
“Exercise book,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 21, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/34897.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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