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Title
The economy of human life : translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin : to which is prefixed, an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered : in a letter from an English gentleman, residing in China, to the Earl of **** : with thirty-two elegant cuts, by A. Anderson.
Call Number
Hamilton 246s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vq27zs20d
Publisher
Philadelphia : Published by Johnson & Warner, 1810
Language
English
Date Created
1810
Extent
180 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Provenance
Letterpess bookplate of Jonathan Potts.
Inscribed "Jonathan Potts, book"--in ink, on t.p.
References
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 416
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 243
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Authorship of part 1 also has been attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield, cf. Notes and queries, 1st ser., v. 10; of part 2 also to John Hill, cf. Dict. nat. biog.
Published in England as The oeconomy of human life.
Part the second has separate title-page: p. [91]
Publisher's booklist: p. [175]-180.
Prefatory letter to the Earl dated 1749.
Binding Note
Original boards with leather back, and marbled papers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Philadelphia Johnson & Warner
Conduct of life
Maxims

Physical Characteristics

File Count
192

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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