LECTURES On RHETORIC And ORATORY, Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University. In Two Volumes.
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Unknown Binding. Fair. [FIRST EDITION] Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810. Two volumes. 431, 400 pages. 8vo., full brown calf with marbled paper paste-downs and blanks. Boards weak with split hinges but boards still attached, untreated leather is dry and worn at extremities, blocks intact but age-toned and a bit foxed. Adams taught Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard from 1805-1809; these lectures encompass instruction in rhetoric, oratory, morals, and classical education. With prior owner signatures.
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- LECTURES On RHETORIC And ORATORY, Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University. In Two Volumes.
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- Used - Fair
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...