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Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures : for the use of schools : to which are prefixed rules for reading verse : on the plan of Hogarth moralized / by the same author ...

Accession number
PML 84018
Creator
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.
Published
London : Sold by I. Souter, 1, Paternoster Row, [not before 1814].
Notes
"On reading English prosody, or, Rules for reading verse." -- p. [5]-[12]; "An elegy on peace of mind, addressed to Lorenzo, and written by Dr. Trusler, at the age of 82 ..." -- p. [112]-[118].
"To which are prefixed ..." follows statement of responsibility on t.p.
"With fifty cuts."
At foot of p. 128: Smith, Printer, 14, New Bond St. Bath.
Dated from publication information.
Illustrations, several signed "Bewick", "Bwk", "B", or "J. Bewick [or J.B.] delt. & sct.", are by John Bewick.
Includes index (p. 123-124).
Publisher's advertisements for this work, and a list of others on p. 125-128.
Description
122, [6] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 17 cm
Provenance
William Stirling-Maxwell (1818-1878), armorial binding and KEIR bookplate.
Binding
Brown calf, blind-tooled armorial (unidentified), gilt-lettered spine.
Classification
Department