The British Nepos, or, Mirror of youth : consisting of select lives of illustrious Britons, who have distinguished themselves by their virtues, talents, or remarkable advancement in life, with incidental practical reflections. Written purposely for the use of schools, and carefully adapted to the situations and capacities of youth
1800, First Edition. London : R. Phillips. Poor copy backed with contemporary leather, now heavily worn with some loss and lacking front board. Rear board scuffed and edgeworn, with text block complete and remaining very secure. Contemporary juvenile reader inscription (1803) to front leaf and rear pastedown; table of contents hand-numbered by the same hand, with sparse ink annotations to margins. All plates present. Leaves throughout show offsetting and scattered foxing as expected of age. A serviceable copy. Item #467734
Physical description; x, [6], 462, [2] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm. Notes; "This second edition, besides the frontispiece, is embellished with four [i.e. two double-sided] plates, containing outline portraits of twenty four of the most illustrious persons whose memoirs are contained in this work" -- at foot of page 439. Publisher's advertisements. Includes bibliographical references. Audience: juvenile. Subjects; Great Britain. Biography. Juvenile literature. 18th century. 19th century. Illustrated. Portraits.
Price: €75.00