[Title page: American Spelling Book, by Noah Webster, Philadelphia, 1804] – Antique Wall Art
![[Title page: American Spelling Book, by Noah Webster, Philadelphia, 1804] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4b/4b92e1954587-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Title page: American Spelling Book, by Noah Webster, Philadelphia, 1804] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Title page: American Spelling Book, by Noah Webster, Philadelphia, 1804]
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Noah Webster's *American Spelling Book* was first published in 1783 and became one of the most widely used schoolbooks in the young United States, so this 1804 Philadelphia title page is a window into early American education. Webster wanted a distinctly national alphabet of learning, and his speller, sometimes called the "Blue-Backed Speller" for its later covers, taught generations of children to read and spell with a standard American orthography. The title page itself reflects the book's wide reach, presenting Webster's name as the author of a text that helped shape how Americans wrote English. Its printed lettering and layout are worth a close look as examples of early nineteenth-century book design.
| Medium | 1 print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1804 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 881 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128171 |
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