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The preceptor : containing a general course of education : wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth : in twelve parts : illustrated with maps and useful cuts ...

Accession number
PML 61999
Published
London : Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, MDCCLIV [1754].
Notes
Compiled by Robert Dodsley who signs the dedication.
Signatures: v. 1 pi A b B-2H ; v. 2 [A] B-2N.
Maps, dated 1747, drawn by Emanuel Bowen; plates drawn by Francis Hayman, Charles Le Brun, and Henry Roberts, and engraved by Charles Grignion, L.P. Boitard, Charles Mosley, and Henry Roberts.
Frontispiece of vol. 2 drawn by F. Hayman and engraved by C. Grignion.
Library only has volume 1 with xlix, 466 pages, vi, [10], 13, [1] leaves of plates (some folded).
Library's copy has letterpress slip with "Volume the First" above imprint statement on title page.
Library's copy has an unnumbered plate from vol. ii, page 207 at the end of the 13 drawings between pages 450 and 451.
Description
2 volumes (xlix, 466, [2]; 560 pages), [34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Bookplate of Paul Kneller Smith.
Binding
Brown leather bordered in gilt, stamped in gilt and red designs on spine.
Classification
Department