The Preceptor - Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning Are Laid Down in a Way Most Suitable for Trying the Genius, in Twelve Parts the Second Edition, with Additions, and Improved. .. Volume 2 of 2 (Paperback)


The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>T079283<Notes>Compiled by Robert Dodsley who signs the dedication. The preface and 'The vision of Theodore, the hermit of Teneriffe' are by Samuel Johnson; 'The elements of logic' are by W. Duncan. With a privilege leaf before titleleaf to vol.1.<imprintFull>London: printed for R. Dodsley, 1754. <collation>2v., plates: maps; 8

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>T079283<Notes>Compiled by Robert Dodsley who signs the dedication. The preface and 'The vision of Theodore, the hermit of Teneriffe' are by Samuel Johnson; 'The elements of logic' are by W. Duncan. With a privilege leaf before titleleaf to vol.1.<imprintFull>London: printed for R. Dodsley, 1754. <collation>2v., plates: maps; 8

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Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2010

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September 2010

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189 x 246 x 30mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

576

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978-0699122597

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9780699122597

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0699122597



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