Proposal for county naval free-schools, [electronic resource] : to be built on waste lands. Giving such effectual instructions to poor boys, as may nurse them for the sea service. Teaching them also to cultivate the earth, that in due time they may furnish their own food; and to spin, knit, weave make shoes &c.
1783
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Proposal for county naval free-schools, [electronic resource] : to be built on waste lands. Giving such effectual instructions to poor boys, as may nurse them for the sea service. Teaching them also to cultivate the earth, that in due time they may furnish their own food; and to spin, knit, weave make shoes &c.
Author
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.
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[London, 1783]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
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[2],iv,[1],x-xxii,[2],2,90,[4],91-120,[2],121-141,[1];[4],vii,[1],47[i.e.68],[2];[2],v,[3],67,[1]p.,plates : : : engr.music ; 2⁰.
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Dedication signed and dated: Jonas Hanway, Dep. Treas. Marine Society's Office, 27th March, 1783.
The titlepage is engraved.
In this issue the central section, 'Songs, hymns, and psalms, collected, altered, or composed, ..', contains engraved music with letterpress verse, and has separate engraved titlepage, register and pagination, which is irregular.
The final section, 'Prudential moral and religious advice', has separate engraved titlepage, pagination and register.
The page after p. 120 is numbered 120*.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The titlepage is engraved.
In this issue the central section, 'Songs, hymns, and psalms, collected, altered, or composed, ..', contains engraved music with letterpress verse, and has separate engraved titlepage, register and pagination, which is irregular.
The final section, 'Prudential moral and religious advice', has separate engraved titlepage, pagination and register.
The page after p. 120 is numbered 120*.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T93946.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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