DUTY. - Filial Duty, Recommended and Enforced, by a variety of instructive and entertaining stories of children who have been remarkable for affection to their parents. Also some striking instances of children who have behaved in an undutiful and unnatural manner to their parents.

London: Printed for E. Newbery..., no date, 1798, 12mo (in 6s), 141 x 80 mms., pp. vi, 174, engraved frontispiece (by J. Scott after Eckstein), dated 1798, contemporary quarter red sheepskin, gilt spine, marbled boards (slightly soiled); some foxing of title-page and frontispiece, a few minor stains in text. Most of the examples of filial duty or affection are from history and a wide variety of sources. Sir Thomas More's behaviour towards his father is cited, but most of the examples are taken from continental history. Roscoe, J134 (5), also citing earlier editions in the 1770s. ESTC N6814 locates 5 copies: BL, Liverpool; Bowdoin College, UCLA; Melbourne - Baillieu Library.

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