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The Pleasing Instructor or Entertaining Moralist, consisting of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories collected from The most Eminent English Authors to which are prefixed New Thoughts on Education. A New Edition.
by [Fisher, Ann, compiler]
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London: Published as the Act directs by G. Robinson, 1777. 12mo, pp. [ii], iii, [i], xii, 368 + 3 plates. Title-page engraved, introduction signed by compiler. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, red morocco label, spine divided by raised bands. Paper toned and spotted. Marginal ink note to p. 182, ownership inscription of W. Curtis and a few pen trials to title-page. The introduction of this improving anthology is signed by the compiler, a measure - along with the ‘four elegant Copper-plate cuts’ (including the title-page vignette) created for this edition - ‘by which the Public may distinguish this Book from a Piracy of it now abroad.’ ESTC T120761.
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- Title
- The Pleasing Instructor or Entertaining Moralist, consisting of Select Essays, Relations, Visions and Allegories collected from The most Eminent English Authors to which are prefixed New Thoughts on Education. A New Edition.
- Author
- [Fisher, Ann, compiler]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published as the Act directs by G. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1777
- Keywords
- Philosophy Education Signed
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
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- 12mo
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- Marbled boards
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- Spine
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