REGENCY HOBBIES FOR BOYS
The Young Man's best companion; or, the New Book of Knowledge; being a regular system of education, without the aid of a tutor...
Manchester.
Printed and published by J. Gleave and Son, 1825.
8vo.
612pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 10 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Plates browned, folding plate split, marginal loss to leaf 3G, terminal leaf and rear endpapers dampstained, spotted.
A revised edition of an elementary educational compendium, first issued in 1813; containing, inter alia, guidance on the techniques of farriery, a primer to stenography, and instruction on painting.
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref: 30382