[EDUCATION.]

The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education wherein the First Principles of Polite Leaning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the Genius, and advancing the Instruction of Youth. In Twelve Parts. Viz. 1. On reading, speaking, and writing letters. II. On geometry. III. On geography and astronomy. IV. On chronology and history. V. On rhetoric and poetry. VI. On drawing. VII. On logic. VIII. On natural history. IX. On ethics, and morality. X. On trade and government. XI. On laws and government. XII. On human life and manners. Illustrated with maps and useful cuts.

London, printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall. 1748 First edition. Two volumes. Contemporary calf. 8vo. xxxi, [1], 384; [2], 586, [2]. Frontispiece and twenty-eight folding plates, six of which are coloured maps, in volume one, frontispiece and five plates in volume two. A comprehensive educational course dedicated by Dodsley to His Royal Highness Prince George. The preface and "The Vision of Theodore, the Hermit of Teneriffe" are by Samuel Johnson; "The Elements of Logic" is by W. Duncan. The Chawton House copy with the bookplate of Montagu George Knight, the descendant of Jane Austen's brother, Edward Knight. Inserted privilege leaf after the title-page of volume one. Some marginal worming at the end of volume two. Spine worn, hinges of volume one tender. Two pages of advertisements at the end of volume two.

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• Antiquariat: John Hart (GREAT BRITAIN)