Elegant Extracts; or, useful and entertaining passages in prose selected for the improvement of scholars at classical & other schools in the art of speaking, in reading, thinking, composing and in the conduct of life. To this edition is added a short system of geography from Sharpes translation of Holbergs Introduction to universal history and a chronological table of remarkable events, discoveries & inventions : also the aera the country [sic] and writings of learned men.

Knox, Vicesimus (ed.)

Published by P. Byrne, Dublin, 1785

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xvi, 600 pages. Double column format. Lacking upper board and free endpapers. Title page toned. Rear board remains attached but shaky. 6 x 5.5 inches.

Seller Inventory # Books015108

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elegant Extracts; or, useful and entertaining passages in prose selected for the improvement of scholars at classical & other schools in the art of speaking, in reading, thinking, composing and in the conduct of life. To this edition is added a short system of geography from Sharpes translation of Holbergs Introduction to universal history and a chronological table of remarkable events, discoveries & inventions : also the aera the country [sic] and writings of learned men.
• Publisher: P. Byrne, Dublin
• Publication Date: 1785
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education
  • 18th century
  • Belles Lettres