Book

  • Title:

    'The American Tutor's Assistant, Improved; or, ...' (etc.)

  • Category:

    Books

  • Creator (Role):

    Zachariah Jess (Artist)

    Bonsal & Niles (Printers)

  • Place of Origin:

    Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Materials:

    Paper; Leather

  • Museum Object Number:

    1964.2093


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1964.2093

Object Name

Book

Title

'The American Tutor's Assistant, Improved; or, ...' (etc.)

Category

Books

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Zachariah Jess (Artist)
Book "The American Tutor's Assistant, Improved; or, a Compendious System of Decimal, Practical Arithmetic..."; 204 pp.; Compiled by Zachariah Jess; printed and sold by Bonsal & Niles. The title page notes that Zachariah Jess is a "Schoolmaster in Wilmington".

Bonsal & Niles (Printers)

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Page following the fly leaf; Inscribed in ink in a 19th century hand: "Jonathon Heister's assistant/February th4 1802"
2. Signature; Title page; Written in ink is the name "Jonathon Heister".

Materials

Paper; Leather

Dimensions (inches)

6.625 (H) , 4 (W) , 0.688 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16.828 (H) , 10.16 (W) , 1.748 (D)

Object Description

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