Author: [Thomas Day]
Title: The History of Sandford and Merton, a Work Intended for the Use of Children
Description: London, John Stockdale, 1795. Leather. A smartly bound early edition of Thomas Day's incredibly popular educational work for children, a novel guiding children on proper conduct. Complete in three volumes.The seventh edition of this popular work.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.Thomas Day's incredibly popular children's book, a series of stories which tell the history of Sandford and Merton.This wildly successful work was first published in 1783, and remained in print for over one-hundred years. Day approaches education with Rousseauian ideals, following a spoilt but noble boy and his poor but virtuous friend.'History' is not a typical history of a textbook, but rather a collection of stories from a multitude of sources, exploring the history of the areas through the reformation of a spoilt young boy named Tommy Merton, and the yeoman farmer's song Harry Sandford.Three pages of adverts to the rear of Volume III.Collated, complete. In a rebacked calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the extremities. Light marks and rubbing to the original boards. Evidence of former wear, heavier to the rear boards of Volumes I and III, and front board of Volume II, prior to rebacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean, with a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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