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.
Alternate Title(s):
Tablets and medallions for the more easy remembrance of historical events & dates
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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on publisher's printed label: Tablets and medallions for the more easy remembrance of historical events & dates.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863. Series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours. | Mnemonics. | Kings and rulers -- Portraits. | George Cowie and Co.l -- Publisher. | Robbins and Wheeler -- Publisher. | S. and R. Bentley -- Printer. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1828.