Anne (compiled by)] Fisher: The Pleasing Instructor or ..., Hamilton in Hamilton, Waikato for sale

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Leather missing entirely from the rear board. Front board detached (hanging on by one cord). Loss of leather to spine. Leather on front board worn with loss at margins. Lacking the rear free endpaper, the frontispiece and 2? plates. Provenance: Contemporary owner's signatures of"Mary Long". Also an annotation to the front pastedown:"The ring is round and hath no end". ; [2] iii [1] xii, 368 pages. 2 engraved plates (facing pages 19 and 313). Title page vignette. With 2 plates only [of 5?]. This copy signed by the compiler"A Fisher"at the end of the Preface. A compilation of extracts from publications such as the Spectator; Gentleman's Magazine; Tattler; Rambler; World. Compiled and with an introduction by Anne Fisher. Anne Fisher (1719-1798) was an author and grammarian and ran a school for ladies. The first plate shows a Peruvian basket-maker, the second a hermit crossing a log bridge, with an angel in clouds. ; 12mo
Anne (compiled by)] Fisher: 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
Anne (compiled by)] Fisher
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.
Publisher name
Robinson&Roberts / T. Slack, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1770
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
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Abebof326d