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This print, O dear youth! you see offered to you, / To learn the A, B, C playfully and with ease
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 24 depictions of the letters of the alphabet illustrated with objects, animals and figures whose words begin with the respective letter. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No 2.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDeez' prent, ô lieve jeugd! ziet gij aan u vereeren, / Om spelend, met gemak, het A, B, C te leeren. 1840. Christiaan Jacob Schuyling. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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This print, O dear youth! you see offered to you, / To learn the A, B, C playfully and with ease
Of all the letters, placed on the letter list, / You find under each the hall, which tells you the image, / You can, O youth! then learn to spell the name thus; / Or read, to make in this a useful amusement.
See, Every Letter of the A B / Brings Here a Pretty Little Picture; / Thus One Often Learns Fine Things / And May Innocently Amuse Oneself
Of all the letters placed on the letter list, you will find under each one a thing that the image tells you. You can, O youth, thus learn to spell the name, or read it, to place in this useful amusement
Of all the letters, placed on the letter list, / You find under each the hall, which tells you the image, / You can, O youth! then learn to spell the name thus; / Or read, to make in this a useful amusement.
See, Children! What We Wish to Teach You, / If You Wish to Behave Well in the World, / As This Print Tells You Itself, / Do Nothing Wrong, But Everything Right