Author: MATRIMONY.
Title: The Matrimonial Preceptor. A Collection of Examples and Precepts Relating to the Married State From the most Celebrated Writers Ancient and Modern.
Description: London: Printed for J. Payne..., 1755. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 170 x 105 mms., pp. [viii], 309 [310 - 312 adverts], contemporary calf; joints cracked, top and base of spine chipped. A collection of essays excerpted from a number of well known London publications including: the Tatler, the Spectator, the Rambler, the Gentleman's magazine, the Female Spectator, the Guardian, Clarissa, and the works of David Fordyce, as well as from classical authors. ESTC 177272 locates copies of this first edition in BL, Bodleian, and Birmingham in these islands; Cornell, Huntington, and Rice in North America.

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