Author: Thomas Day
Title: The History of Sandford and Merton
Description: London , Ward and Lock, 1860. Leather. Thomas Day's classic moral tale for the young. New Edition, carefully revised. With a frontispiece and additional illustrated title, and one hundred engravings by the brothers Dalziel in the text throughout. Booksellers and bookbinder's label of Willis and Sotheran, Charing Cross, to front pastedown. Thomas Day (22 June 1748 – 28 September 1789) was a British author and abolitionist. He was well-known for the children's book The History of Sandford and Merton (1783–1789) which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals, which was a bestseller for over a hundred years. Embracing Rousseau's dictates in many ways, it narrates the story of the rich, noble but spoiled Tommy Merton and his poor but virtuous friend Harry Sandford. Through trials and stories, Harry and the boys' tutor teach Tommy the importance of labour and the evils of the idle rich. In a full calf binding. Externally rubbed, half of the backstrip coming away. Hinges held by cords only. Internally, generally firmly bound except near the hinges where the binding is slightly tender. Bright and clean aside from a few scattered spots. Two attractive copperplate ink signatures to front blank, one undated, one dated 1888. Good Only . Ill.: Various. Good Only .

Keywords: Moral Morality Childrens Tales Morality Various


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