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PALAIRET, JOHN A SHORT TREATISE UPON ARTS AND SCIENCES In French and English, by Question and Answer.
London, Printed for C. Nourse 1787, 8th edition, hb. Recent beautiful professional re-bind in full dark brown leather. 12mo, pp. 120, 120. "Enlarged with an infinite Number of Things both Curious and Instructive. Revised and Carefully corrected by M. du Mitand." ¶ The spine is in compartments with title, author, and date of publication stamped in gilt. Fresh marbled endpapers. Small circular stamp of St. Paul's College to bottom right of first blank page. Text is unmarked, although there is some typical foxing and age-toning. Table of Contents and one-page catalogue of books bound in at end. The book contains 240 pages of text, half of which is in English, and the facing half in the French translation making this "A Work very useful to Those who desire to improve themselves in the French tongue, and containing a great Variety of Subjects." Palairet (1697-1774) was the French teacher to three of George II's children, and wrote several French educational compendiums.
Offered for US$ 350.00 by: Greenfield Books - Book number: 031233
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