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The British Nepos, or, Youth's mirror : being select lives of illustrious Britons who have been distinguished by their virtues, talents, or remarkable progress in life, with incidental and practical reflections : written purposely for the use of schools, and carefully adapted to the situations and capacities of British youth / by William Mavor.

Accession number
PML 87593
Creator
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837.
Published
London (No. 71, St. Paul's Church-yard) : Printed for R. Phillips and sold by C. Law ... [et al.], 1798.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
First edition.
The author considers this to be the first biography written for children.
Frontispiece by Thurston plus several text woodcuts.
"Sold by C. Law, AveMaria Lane; Vernor and Hood, in the Poultry; Carpenter and Co. Old Bond-Street, and by all other booksellers."
Description
462 p. : frontispiece, woodcuts ; 17 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
1/4 calf binding with marbled paper sides.
Classification
Department