Lot Essay
RARE.
An example from the same mould was sold by Sotheby's on 7 June 1990 lot 308. A third copy is in the Exeter museum. Andrew Tuer in his History of the Hornbook described it as possibly the oldest hornbook in existence, but it probably dates from the time of the Restoration; the portrait on the reverse is a crude representation of Charles I.
An example from the same mould was sold by Sotheby's on 7 June 1990 lot 308. A third copy is in the Exeter museum. Andrew Tuer in his History of the Hornbook described it as possibly the oldest hornbook in existence, but it probably dates from the time of the Restoration; the portrait on the reverse is a crude representation of Charles I.