Rhetoric made familiar and easy to young gentlemen and ladies : and illustrated with several beautiful orations from Demosthenes, Cicero, Sallust, Homer, Shakespeare, Milton, &c. : being the third volume of the Circle of the sciences, &c.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
The second edition.
Published/​Created
London : Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCXLVIII [1748]
Description
[10], 276 p. ; 11 cm.

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Subject(s)
Publisher
Series
Circle of the sciences
Notes
  • First published: The art of rhetorick laid down in an easy entertaining manner. London : J. Newbery, 1746; cf. Roscoe, J69(1).
  • A variant issue of Roscoe J69(2) and ESTC T115662 with no priority established; the type of signature S reset and the tailpiece consisting of a human face within a circular frame and a cornucopia on either side; cf. Roscoe, cited below.
  • Signatures: [pi]1, a4, A-R8, S2.
  • Cotsen copy: Inscribed on flyleaf: Julia S. Evelyn 1799; and on leaf before t.p.: Ann Evelyn Sepr. 4th 1779.
Binding note
Cotsen copy: Cont. calf with marbled endpapers.
References
  • Alston, VI, 183
  • Roscoe, S. Newbery (1973), J69(3)
  • Welsh, 182-192
  • Thwaite, p. 160-163
OCLC
63066925
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