Visit for a week, or, Hints on the improvement of time. [electronic resource] : Containing, original tales, entertaining stories, interesting anecdotes, and sketches from natural and moral history. To which is added, a poetical appendix, designed for the amusement of youth. [Four lines from Voltaire] Embellished with an elegant frontispiece.
1796
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Visit for a week, or, Hints on the improvement of time. [electronic resource] : Containing, original tales, entertaining stories, interesting anecdotes, and sketches from natural and moral history. To which is added, a poetical appendix, designed for the amusement of youth. [Four lines from Voltaire] Embellished with an elegant frontispiece.
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Philadelphia : Printed by Ormrod and Conrad, no. 41, Chesnut-Street, 1796.
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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[4],275,[1]p., [1]leaf of plates : ill. ; 12⁰.
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Attributed to Peacock in the Dictionary of national biography.
Frontispiece engraved by James Thackara.
Error in paging: p. 253 misnumbered 254.
"Books published by J. Ormrod, no. 41, Chesnut-Street."--p. [276].
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Frontispiece engraved by James Thackara.
Error in paging: p. 253 misnumbered 254.
"Books published by J. Ormrod, no. 41, Chesnut-Street."--p. [276].
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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Evans, 30966
Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 9791
English Short Title Catalog, W28545.
Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 9791
English Short Title Catalog, W28545.
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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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Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.
Ormrod, John, printer.
Conrad, Ephraim, 1769?-1834, printer.
Ormrod, John, printer.
Conrad, Ephraim, 1769?-1834, printer.
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