THE RULE OF LIFE. Being a Collection of Select Moral Sentences; Extracted From the Greatest Authors, Ancient and Modern, and Digested Under Proper Heads.

Springfield, [MA]: Printed by Ashley & Brewer, 1800. 12mo. 17 cm. v, [5]-192 pp. Period flame calf binding with red leather label and gilt rules on spine. Fine copy. Large bookplate of Young Men's Social Library, Ipswich with rules on pastedown. Perhaps the first American edition of an English one first done in 1742 edited by Thomas Sampson and reprinted often, title nearly the same. "The rule of life: in select sentences, collected from the greatest authors, antient and modern." Item #64278

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