Author: Hanway, Jonas
Title: Virtue In Humble Life - Containing Reflections On The Reciprocal Duties Of The Wealthy And Indigent, The Master And The Servant, Thoughts On The Various Situations, Passions, Predjudices And Virtues Of Mankind, Drawn From Real Characters...
Description: for J Dodsley, Pall Mall - Brotherton & Sewel, Cornhill, 1774, 1st edition. Contemporary speckled calf, VG. 2 volumes, [xii]+lix+487pp, vi+[xiv]+671pp, engraved frontis', bindings rather rubbed at the edges, upper hinge to volume 1 split but holding, head of spines rubbed, spines tooled in gilt with contrasting red & green labels, typical of Hanway. some wear but a nice set. Bookplate of Sir John Smith Burges to each volume. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Scarce philanthropic work arranged in the form of dialogues between a father & daughter, which was intended to improve the morals of servants. Jonas Hanway [ 1712 - 1786 ], the English traveller and philanthropist who, it is claimed, was a pioneer of the use of the umbrella in Britain.

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