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The beauties of history, or, Pictures of virtue and vice drawn from real life : designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth
The beauties of history, or, Pictures of virtue and vice drawn from real life : designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth
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The beauties of history, or, Pictures of virtue and vice drawn from real life : designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth

Date1798
Names
(bookseller)
Alternate Title
  • Pictures of virtue and vice drawn from real life
  • Stretch's history
FormatBook
Notes
Advertisement on page [v] dated December 21, 1797 indicates that this is the author's abridgement of a two volume work.
Copperplate frontispiece drawn and engraved by James Taylor.
Signatures: A-Q12.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17.3 cm x 11 cm (6 13/16 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
Language
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131009542614D
Catalogue Record for Print Book https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C 1909178
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