5 vols.
Being a copious collection of familiar and amusing letters, selected for the improvement of young persons, and for general entertainment from Cicero, Bacon, Locke, Shaftesbury, Pope, Swift, Gray, Johnson, Chesterfield, and many others. 4th ed. London, Printed for Longman, etc., 1794. (1 vol.) Elegant Extracts; or useful and entertaining passages in Prose selected for the improvement of young persons...8th ed. London, Johnson, etc., 1801. (2 vols.) Elegant Extracts; or useful and entertaining pieces of Poetry. 8th ed. London, Johnson, etc. 1801. (2 vols.) 14.5 x 23.2 cm., full tree-calf, gilt marbled end papers, all edges sprinkled, two hinges cracked, but generally in fine condition, bookplates.
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