The Universal Preceptor, Rev. D. Blair: Tree Calf Binding: 1820: Grammar

By Rev. David Blair.

Published by Sir Richard Phillips & Co, London, 1820. Twelfth edition. Tree calf binding, 368 pages. Includes a few black & white illustrations.

CONDITION
Overall acceptable condition - see photos. Wear and marks to hard cover, especially at edges/corners/spine. Some splitting to binding but all pages holding firm. Ink and pencil inscriptions to front paste down and free end papers. Foxing throughout, but nothing which interferes with enjoyment of text.

A finely bound, pocket sized reference work from the early nineteenth century. Stated to be "a general grammar of arts and sciences, and useful knowledge, with six hundred questions and exercises."

(Bindery shelves)