Newly Discovered! The "16th-century" primer that taught Dan Rather how to read!
LOL! Really, Puny Humans? You really think that’s what 16th-century type looks like? If I had to guess, I’d say you’re looking at an early-20th-century primer based on the “Dixie Primer for Little Folks,” first published in 1863. That’s based on the type face, grammar, common names, the inclusion of an ampersand as the 27th letter, and the excerpt from “This is the House that Jack Built.”
Yeah, you’re FOUR CENTURIES off.
I got the photo from here:
“From the 16th-18th centuries both alphabet books and hornbooks usually were associated with religious and moral instruction. The best-selling alphabet book of the 16th century, for example, was The ABC with the catechisme (1549).
Most early alphabet books resembled hornbooks, as the alphabet was most often printed in the form of a table. This began to change with the publication of the first illustrated English-language alphabet book, John Hart’s A methode, or comfortable beginning for all unlearned... (1570).”
Could be that was one of the 18th century ones, though, it matters not, of course.