RUNNING THE NUMBERS
Practical observations upon the education of the people, addressed to the working classes and their employers.
London.
Printed by Richard Taylor, 1825.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], 33pp, [1]. Uncut and unopened. Stitched, as issued. Scattered spotting.
The first edition, in original state, of chancellor Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux's (1778-1868) immensely successful impassioned address on the liberating potential of universal literacy and the availability of affordable publications.
'The method of publishing in Numbers is admirably suited to the circumstances of the classes whose income is derived from wages. Twopence is easily saved in a week by almost any labourer; and by a mechanic sixpence in a week may without difficulty by laid by...Seven numbers, for fourteen pence, comprise Franklin's Life and Essays; four for eightpence, Bacon's Essays; and 36 for six shillings, the whole of the Arabian Nights. Cook's Voyages, in threepenny numbers, with many good engravings, may be had complete for seven shillings; and Plutarch's Lives, for ten shillings, will soon by finished'.
£ 450.00
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'The method of publishing in Numbers is admirably suited to the circumstances of the classes whose income is derived from wages. Twopence is easily saved in a week by almost any labourer; and by a mechanic sixpence in a week may without difficulty by laid by...Seven numbers, for fourteen pence, comprise Franklin's Life and Essays; four for eightpence, Bacon's Essays; and 36 for six shillings, the whole of the Arabian Nights. Cook's Voyages, in threepenny numbers, with many good engravings, may be had complete for seven shillings; and Plutarch's Lives, for ten shillings, will soon by finished'.
