Every young man's companion. Containing I. Rules and directions for reading and writing English. II. A familiar treatise of rhetoric, suited to the lowest capacity. III. Instructions in the art of penmanship. IV. Of the care of forming the manners. V. Directions for writing letters, forms of address, &c. VI. Practical arithmetic. Practical geometry. VII. Of the creation of the world. Of the books of the Old and New Testament. VIII. Of the circles of the globe, fixed stars, planets, and comets. IX. Geography; containing the divisions of the earth. Of climates; explanation of the terms; general division of earth and sea; different religions, languages, and colours of the inhabitants. Account of Europe, Great Britain, and Ireland, &c. X. Births and characters of the monarchs of England, from William the Conqueror to his present Majesty. XI. Hist. of the world, from the creation to the Assyrian Empire. XII. History of the four great monarchies. XIII. Course of natural philosophy. XIV. Plain tri
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London : printed for H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, G. Robinson and J. Roberts, T. Lowndes, F. Newbery and T. Carnan, and B. Collins, in Salisbury, MDCCLXIX. [1769]
The fifth edition, corrected. With large additions. [sic] and great improvements.; ..
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Woodfall, H. (Henry), -1767, bookseller.; Rivington, John, 1720-1792, bookseller.; Baldwin, Richard, 1724-1770, bookseller.; Caslon, Thomas, -1783, bookseller.; Crowder, Stanley, -1798, bookseller.; Lowndes, Thomas, 1719-1784, bookseller.; Collins, B. (Benjamin), 1715-1785, bookseller. ; Robinson and Roberts, bookseller.; Carnan and Newbery, bookseller.
- Publication year
- 1769
- ESTC No.
- N504374
- Grub Street ID
- 377944
- Description
- [12], 443, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 12°.
- Note
- Not a reissue of the 1765 fourth edition (ESTC T118658) although the setting is very similar
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