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A Grammar of Logic and Intellectual Philosophy, on Didactic Principles; for the use of Schools and Private Instruction. Second Edition.
by Jamieson, Alexander
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- Hardcover
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824. 12mo, pp. [iii]-xx, 358, [2]. Half-title discarded. Contemporary black moire cloth, spine lettered direct in gilt, edges sprinkled red. Binding a little marked, spine lightly sunned. Ownership inscription of John Campbell to title-page, dated 1831, that of Alexander Kerr, The Milton, Aberfoyle to flyleaf, armorial bookplate of Colin Campbell to pastedown, a few marginal ink annotations in an early hand. The second, revised edition of a work first published in 1819 by Alexander Jamieson (1782-1850), Scottish schoolmaster and textbook author. Jamieson’s works particularly took off in the American market, with this book receiving several American reprints throughout the nineteenth century.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6173
- Title
- A Grammar of Logic and Intellectual Philosophy, on Didactic Principles; for the use of Schools and Private Instruction. Second Edition.
- Author
- Jamieson, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- Philosophy Schoolbook
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