Wisdom in Miniature; or, The Young Gentleman and Lady's Pleasing Instructor: being a collection of sentences, Divine, Moral, and Historical; selected from The Writings of many ingenious and learned Authors, both antient and modern...
Coventry.
Printed and Sold by M. Luckman, 1791.
Third edition.
16mo.
viii, 230pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary sheep, tooled in gilt and blind. Heavily rubbed, surface loss to lower board, joints starting. Very occasional light spotting.
A diminutive spiritual vade mecum, first published in 1785, 'Intended not only for the use of schools, but as a pocket companion for youth of both sexes', compiled by Church of England clergyman Joseph Brown (fl. 1766-1797), editor of The Family Testament; or Scholar's Assistant (1788).
ESTC records copies at just five locations worldwide (BL, Columbia, Coventry, Oxford, and Pierpont Morgan).
ESTC records copies at just five locations worldwide (BL, Columbia, Coventry, Oxford, and Pierpont Morgan).
ESTC T109895.
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref: 31322
