Book-case of Knowledge, or Library for Youth]. Wallis, John. Cundee, J. [or T. Gillet], printers. London. 1800-1803.2

Complete ten volumes in original bookcase, first editions of 8 volumes, Rewards and Natural History later issues, engraved plates (some hand-coloured, lacking 7 of 16 in Natural History), hand-coloured woodcut illustrations in History of England, publisher's coloured boards with original printed label on upper cover, excepting Natural History in modern boards, History of England lacks lower cover, some loss to spines, 2 repaired with tape, housed in original wooden bookcase (150 x 100 x 75mm.) with hand-coloured pictorial title on lid. 
[Vol. 1] Geography and astronomy familiarized
[v. 2] Short and easy rules for attaining a knowledge of English grammar
[v. 3] A compendium of simple arithmetic
[v. 4] Mythology, or, Fabulous histories of the heathen dieties
[v. 5] The history of England, from the conquest to the death of George II
[v. 6] Scripture history, or, A brief account of the Old and New Testament
[v. 7] A natural history of birds and beasts
[v. 8] A familiar introduction to botany
[v. 9] British heroism, or, Biographical memoirs of some of those commanders who have extended the glory of the British nation to the remotest parts of the world
[v. 10] Rewards for attentive studies. 
Books contained in wooden box with two compartments and a drawer, and sliding cover. Imprint from title page of volume one; printer statement varies, with six volumes printed by T. Gillet, Salisbury Square, and four volumes printed by J. Cundee, Ivy-Lane. Each volume has engraved frontispiece, plus additional engraved illustrations; volume 5, The History of England includes 31 hand-colored portraits of the kings and queens of England. Volume order taken from final leaf in [volume 10], in which Geography and Astronomy are listed as two separate volumes. Lacks lower drawer  and printed letters of the alphabet. In his discussion of this title, Brian Alderson describes a 9 volume set dated 1800. For a detailed description of title variants and contents, see his entry no. 4 as cited below. Alderson, Miniature Libraries for the Young, 4. Adam, 177-181. Gumuchian 801 (dated 1801). Moon, John Harris's Books for Youth, 57 (dated 1803). OCLC, 177705711. WorldCat locates three  copies worldwide ( Pierpont Morgan - lacking original box- , University of California Los Angeles, and University Library of Reading). The same ten volumes were published in 1801 in a collection with the title: The book-case of knowledge. The set was reissued in 1803 in a wooden box with a sliding lid under the joint imprints of Wallis and John Harris. John Wallis was John Marshall's most eager competitor in the field of miniature libraries, though Mrs. Trimmer, in The Guardian of Education, 'adopted a rather disparaging tone about them.' --Stockham. John Wallis was, from 1775 until his death in 1818, one of the most prolific publishers of board games in the late eighteenth century. John Wallis’s The Book-Case of Knowledge highlights his skill in capitalising on Enlightenment-era educational trends for children. The work reflects a pre-Victorian, pedagogical focus on text-heavy content over illustration, contrasting with the heavily illustrated children's books that dominated the later nineteenth century.