Fisher A[nne] (Compiler).
THE PLEASING INSTRUCTOR OR ENTERTAINING MORALIST Consisting of select essays, relations, visions and allegories, collected from the most eminent English authors, to which are prefixed New thoughts on education.
Newcastle upon Tyne, N.d. c.[1785]. New Ed. [vi] + xii + 355pp. Engraved t.p. (with marginal loss), 5 engraved plates. Some light browning, rebound in modern speckled calf, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered title label to spine.
¶ This edition apparently not recorded by ESTC. It went to numerous editions and was pirated. The preface is signed A. Fisher, the compiler. At foot of p.iii of the preface: A wretched piracy of this book being now in circulation, executed in the most paltry manner, .. the public are requested to be cautious in purchasing only those printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, London, and S. Hodgson, Newcastle; and containing six copper plates ...
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