THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TONGUE. Under these following heads. 1 Of conversation. 2 The babler. 3 The silent man. 4 The witty man ... 26 The complainer. 27 The comforter. Done out of French.
London, printed. Boston: Re-printed and sold by B. Edes and Sons, in Cornhill, 1783. First American edition. 19 cm. [18], 159, [1] pp. Nice example of a period leather American binding with raised bands on spine. Moderately scuffed, corners worn through. Owner's lengthy inscription on front free endpaper, in part: "Hallet Gallup his book bought by him at the printing office the thirty-first day of August, 1784. Price four shillings." On the blank leaf in rear he states he was married to Molly Bartlett Dec 23, 1784, followed by a small poem which he apparently wrote for the occasion. EVANS: 18008 OCLC: AAS, Harvard Univ., NYPL, Cornell, Univ. of CT, Yale, St. Thomas Seminary, Redwood Lib. & Athenaeum. ESTC adds Peabody Essex. Item #63739
Price: $500.00