The economy of human life : translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin : to which is prefixed, an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered : in a letter from an English gentleman, residing in China, to the Earl of **** : with thirty-two elegant cuts, by A. Anderson.

Author
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia : Published by Johnson & Warner, 1810
Description
180 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.

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Notes
  • Authorship of part 1 also has been attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield, cf. Notes and queries, 1st ser., v. 10; of part 2 also to John Hill, cf. Dict. nat. biog.
  • Published in England as The oeconomy of human life.
  • Part the second has separate title-page: p. [91]
  • Publisher's booklist: p. [175]-180.
  • Prefatory letter to the Earl dated 1749.
Binding note
Original boards with leather back, and marbled papers.
Provenance
  • Letterpess bookplate of Jonathan Potts.
  • Inscribed "Jonathan Potts, book"--in ink, on t.p.
References
  • Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 416
  • Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 243
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
14575942
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