The complete letter-writer, containing familiar letters on the most common occasions in life. Also, a variety of elegant letters for the direction and embellishment of style, on business, duty, amusement, love, courtship, marriage, friendship, and other subjects. To which is prefixed a plain and compendious grammar of the English language, with directions for writing letters, and the proper forms of address. At the end are given forms of message-cards, and a copious English spelling dictionary

People / Organizations

• W. Law ("printed for")

Imprint

London [i.e. York] : printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater; and Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York, M,DCC,XCI [1791].

Publication year

1791

ESTC No.

T476055

Grub Street ID

434783

Description

225, [52] p. : ill. (metal cut) ; 12°.

Note

Title page on A2r

The words "business, ... subjects." on title page are printed in two columns

Frontis. = ill. = metal cut

Not in Alston

The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed at York. See Hounslow, D. "Self-interested and evil-minded persons: the book-trade activities of Thomas Wilson, Robert Spence and Joseph Mawman of York." In Printing Places, p.92. 2005

Signatures: A-Z]6.