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.

W38502

Grub Street ID

349337

Description

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

Note

In this impression, the titlepage appears on the verso of leaf [A]1, the recto of which contains a portrait of Thomas Dilworth, and the first page of text has a Roman, Italian and English alphabet.

Includes 12 select fables, each with a woodcut illustration.

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

One of several impressions, probably printed between 1795 and 1810.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-G??