A New Edition of Davys's Examples, or Adminiculum Puerile...; containing Fundamental Exercises, with Cautions and Directions to write good Latin, as well as to translate the most difficult sentences in the Latin Authors
by Ross, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1809. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo (4 1/2" x 6 1/2") in original paper covered boards over calf spine. (2) 127, errata, (2). Contemporary notations and signatures on the front blanks; pencil draing of a formally attired man in a room on the verso of the first rear blank. Large inked intials top left corner of the front board and inked silhouette initial top half of rear board.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E13544B
- Title
- A New Edition of Davys's Examples, or Adminiculum Puerile...; containing Fundamental Exercises, with Cautions and Directions to write good Latin, as well as to translate the most difficult sentences in the Latin Authors
- Author
- Ross, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Johnson & Warner
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1809
- Keywords
- school. latin, language, education
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- Reference;
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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Errata
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- Spine
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- Calf
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