The self instructor, or young man's best companion ...
1808, First Edition. Liverpool : Printed by Nuttall, Fisher and Dixon. Good copy in modern half cloth over marbled boards, now faded, with silver-blocked leather labels mounted to spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Modern endpapers. Edges dust-toned; some foxing and dust smudges internally, chiefly to prelims and margins. Title page coming loose slightly at bottom. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #453141
Physical description; [4], 593, [3] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Title continues "... being an introduction to all the various branches of useful learning and knowledge: containing writing, grammar, arithmetic, astronomy, geography, chronology, and miscellaneous articles. To which is added, The Artist's Assistant; comprising the arts of drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, mezzotinto scraping, painting, dyeing, colouring of maps, &c. &c. A brief account of naval and military affairs. Also, various useful medicinal receipts." Sections possibly issued in parts. Includes engraved frontispiece plus five engraved plates; woodcut vignette. Subjects; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- 19th century. Young men -- Life skills guides. Graphic arts -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Drawing -- Technique. Traditional medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Price: €85.00