A new guide to the English tongue: in five parts. ... The whole, being recommended by several clergymen and eminent schoolmasters, as the most useful performance, for the instruction of youth, is designed for the use of schools in Great Britain, Ireland, and America. By Thomas Dilworth, Author of the Schoolmasters assistant; Young book-keeper's assistant, &c. &c.

People / Organizations

• Thomas Dilworth (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed & sold by Thomas & William Bradford, wholesale and retail booksellers and stationers, no. 8, South-Front Street, [1795?]

Publication year

1795-1795

ESTC No.

W17524

Grub Street ID

327069

Description

[4], 156 p. : ill. (woodcuts), 1 port. ; 12⁰

Note

In this impression, there is a preliminary gathering of two leaves, bearing Dilworth's portrait an illustrated alphabet. The verso of the titlepage is blank.

With an engraved frontispiece portrait of Dilworth, bearing the statement at head: "Bradford's edition".

Includes 12 select fables, each with a woodcut illustration.

At head of portrait: "Bradford's edition".

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: pi? A? B-G??. This impression not recorded in Evans