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The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, [electronic resource] : containing a collection o...

The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, [electronic resource] : containing a collection o...

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The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, [electronic resource] : containing a collection of the most curious and remarkable pieces of natural and civil history, Poetry, Voyages, Fables, Lives, Travels, Wars, Battles, Sieges, &c. &c. A Compendious History of the Bible, with the Live and Death of Jesus Christ. Accounts of some of the most stupendous Works of Art. Collected from the most eminent Authors, both antient and modern. To which is prefixed, a plan of education, From the Chevalier Ramsay, Author of the Travels of Cyrus. And An Appendix, Containing Rules for Reading and Study, with a Catalogue of such Books as are proper to form the Library of the Gentleman, Lady, Tradesman, &c. From the Learned Mr. Locke. The whole designed not only for the Use of Schools, but also for those who have neither Time to read, nor Money to purchase the larger Works from which those ingenious and instructing Pieces are extracted. By D. Burgess, A.M.

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The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, [electronic resource] : containing a collection of the most curious and remarkable pieces of natural and civil history, Poetry, Voyages, Fables, Lives, Travels, Wars, Battles, Sieges, &c. &c. A Compendious History of the Bible, with the Live and Death of Jesus Christ. Accounts of some of the most stupendous Works of Art. Collected from the most eminent Authors, both antient and modern. To which is prefixed, a plan of education, From the Chevalier Ramsay, Author of the Travels of Cyrus. And An Appendix, Containing Rules for Reading and Study, with a Catalogue of such Books as are proper to form the Library of the Gentleman, Lady, Tradesman, &c. From the Learned Mr. Locke. The whole designed not only for the Use of Schools, but also for those who have neither Time to read, nor Money to purchase the larger Works from which those ingenious and instructing Pieces are extracted. By D. Burgess, A.M.

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Publisher

Berwick : printed and sold by R. Taylor, MDCCLIX. [1759]

Date

MDCCLIX. [1759]

Record Identifier

74VvQrNQLvWy

MMS ID

991014546999702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4],329,[3]p.,plate ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

Berwick : printed and sold by R. Taylor, MDCCLIX. [1759]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLIX. [1759]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, [electronic resource] : containing a collection of the most curious and remarkable pieces of natural and civil history, Poetry, Voyages, Fables, Lives, Travels, Wars, Battles, Sieges, &c. &c. A Compendious History of the Bible, with the Live and Death of Jesus Christ. Accounts of some of the most s...

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General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Titlepage in red and black.

With a final advertisement leaf.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T114054.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvQrNQLvWy

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MMS ID

991014546999702626