British education: Or, The Source of the disorders of great britain. Being An Essay towards proving, that the Immorality, Ignorance, and false Taste, which so generally prevail, are the natural and necessary Consequences of the present defective System of Education.
London.
Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1769.
New edition.
8vo.
xvi, 507pp, [1]. With a half-title and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, loss to lettering-piece. Bookplate of the Ramsgate Monastery to FEP.
A revised and enlarged edition of actor and orthoepist Thomas Sheridan's (1719?- 1788) popular treatise on the fundamental importance of the teaching of English, discussing all aspects of language-study, including grammar, rhetoric and elocution, first published in 1756.
ESTC T134850.
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref: 23767
