A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private…

A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for little masters and misses. Containing a Variety of useful Subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for Reading with Elegance and Propriety. II. The ancient and present State of Great Britain; with a compendious History of England. III. An Account of the Solar System. IV. Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the several Countries in the World, with the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. V. Tables of Weights and Measures. VI. The Seven Wonders of the World. VII. Prospect and Description of the burning Mountains. VIII. Dying Words and Behaviour of great Men, when just quitting the Stage of Life, with many other useful Particulars, all in a plain familiar Way, for Youth of both Sexes. With Letters, Tales, and Fable, for Amusement and Instruction. Illustrate with cuts. The sixteenth edition, with considerable additions and alterations. < >
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  • Another image of A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for little masters and misses. Containing a Variety of useful Subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for Reading with Elegance and Propriety. II. The ancient and present State of Great Britain; with a compendious History of England. III. An Account of the Solar System. IV. Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the several Countries in the World, with the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. V. Tables of Weights and Measures. VI. The Seven Wonders of the World. VII. Prospect and Description of the burning Mountains. VIII. Dying Words and Behaviour of great Men, when just quitting the Stage of Life, with many other useful Particulars, all in a plain familiar Way, for Youth of both Sexes. With Letters, Tales, and Fable, for Amusement and Instruction. Illustrate with cuts. The sixteenth edition, with considerable additions and alterations.
  • Another image of A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for little masters and misses. Containing a Variety of useful Subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for Reading with Elegance and Propriety. II. The ancient and present State of Great Britain; with a compendious History of England. III. An Account of the Solar System. IV. Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the several Countries in the World, with the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. V. Tables of Weights and Measures. VI. The Seven Wonders of the World. VII. Prospect and Description of the burning Mountains. VIII. Dying Words and Behaviour of great Men, when just quitting the Stage of Life, with many other useful Particulars, all in a plain familiar Way, for Youth of both Sexes. With Letters, Tales, and Fable, for Amusement and Instruction. Illustrate with cuts. The sixteenth edition, with considerable additions and alterations.
  • Another image of A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for little masters and misses. Containing a Variety of useful Subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for Reading with Elegance and Propriety. II. The ancient and present State of Great Britain; with a compendious History of England. III. An Account of the Solar System. IV. Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the several Countries in the World, with the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. V. Tables of Weights and Measures. VI. The Seven Wonders of the World. VII. Prospect and Description of the burning Mountains. VIII. Dying Words and Behaviour of great Men, when just quitting the Stage of Life, with many other useful Particulars, all in a plain familiar Way, for Youth of both Sexes. With Letters, Tales, and Fable, for Amusement and Instruction. Illustrate with cuts. The sixteenth edition, with considerable additions and alterations.
  • Another image of A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for little masters and misses. Containing a Variety of useful Subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for Reading with Elegance and Propriety. II. The ancient and present State of Great Britain; with a compendious History of England. III. An Account of the Solar System. IV. Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the several Countries in the World, with the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. V. Tables of Weights and Measures. VI. The Seven Wonders of the World. VII. Prospect and Description of the burning Mountains. VIII. Dying Words and Behaviour of great Men, when just quitting the Stage of Life, with many other useful Particulars, all in a plain familiar Way, for Youth of both Sexes. With Letters, Tales, and Fable, for Amusement and Instruction. Illustrate with cuts. The sixteenth edition, with considerable additions and alterations.

A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for little masters and misses. Containing a Variety of useful Subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for Reading with Elegance and Propriety. II. The ancient and present State of Great Britain; with a compendious History of England. III. An Account of the Solar System. IV. Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the several Countries in the World, with the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. V. Tables of Weights and Measures. VI. The Seven Wonders of the World. VII. Prospect and Description of the burning Mountains. VIII. Dying Words and Behaviour of great Men, when just quitting the Stage of Life, with many other useful Particulars, all in a plain familiar Way, for Youth of both Sexes. With Letters, Tales, and Fable, for Amusement and Instruction. Illustrate with cuts. The sixteenth edition, with considerable additions and alterations.

London: Darton and Harvey… Crosby and Letterman,,, J. Hariis… and B. C. Collins, No date [1803]. vi, 192 pages. 26 woodcuts (one full-page) and 2 diagrams within the text. Original quarter green vellum over marbled paper-covered boards. 142 x 90 mm. Contents clean and fresh, but the binding is very worn and rubbed, and the paper title label has been lost from the spine. This is the second Darton edition. G692(2). First published by Newbery in the mid 1750s.

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Tags: 19th Century Children's Books
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