The French Scholar's Guide: Or, An easy help for translating French into English

HUDSON, Peter

Published by Printed by Assignment from the Executor of G. Keith, for J. Johnson, London, 1799

About this Item

xxviii, 323 p. + 4 p. of publisher's ads. 18 cm. Full leather. Edges and corners worn, some scuffs to boards, spine head chipped. A little label residue and owner's signature on front pastedown and another faint signature on rear pastedown. Pages 63-70 are loosening. Title continues: "Containing 1. Select Fables. 2 Diverting Tales. 3. Witty Repartees. 4. Rarities of different Countries. 5. Familiar Letters. 6 Moral Sentences. 7 Bills, Receipts, and other Forms of Business, &c. With an Index in alphabetical Order, of all the Words contained in the Book, their proper Signification in English, and their Grammatical Derivation. Designed for the Use of Schools, as well as private Learners; very useful to Foreigners who understand French, and wish to learn English; and also very assisting to the Mistresses of French Boarding-Schools, &c. who, if they understand but little of Grammar or English, may, by the Index, easily correct their Scholar's Translations.". Seller Inventory # 1998

Bibliographic Details

Title: The French Scholar's Guide: Or, An easy help...

Publisher: Printed by Assignment from the Executor of G. Keith, for J. Johnson, London

Publication Date: 1799

Binding: Leather Bound

Condition: Good

Edition: Twelfth Edition.