Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected From The Best Authors, Ancient And Modern -

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. How fascinating it is to hold in your hand a book that is almost two hundred years old... Stated First American edition on cover. 16mo hardcover; binding looks like paper over cloth; 336 pages including index. This is volume II of a three volume work (we do not have the other volumes in our collection.) From back: "The title of this book is so good as almost to render explanation superfluous; it is one which may be taken up occasionally, and a little of it read at a time, with pleasure and profit; and, so managed, may well last one's life without weariness: for if the ideas you hit upon are not always profound or beautiful, they are at least curious and provocative of reflection; and the language is generally good, often exquisite..." From page 53: "False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the wall it embraces, but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. --Burton"" Many… Read More