Lectures on the Art of Reading
by SHERIDAN, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed for C. Dilly in the Poultry; J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; and T. Evans, in the Strand, 1781. Hardcover. Good. 409 p. 21 cm. Half leather with very rubbed marbled boards. Leather missing at the top two corners. Top of back board bent and loose, heavily rubbed at bottom. Edges worn, covers scuffed. The text block is clean and bright with marbled fore-edge. Text pages clean and unmarked.
Author was the godson of Jonathan Swift. In Two Parts. Containing Part I. The Art of Reading Prose. Part II. The Art of Reading Verse.
Author was the godson of Jonathan Swift. In Two Parts. Containing Part I. The Art of Reading Prose. Part II. The Art of Reading Verse.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2503
- Title
- Lectures on the Art of Reading
- Author
- SHERIDAN, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for C. Dilly in the Poultry; J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; and T. Evans, in the Strand
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1781
- Keywords
- reading, books on books, literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Books on Books;
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