An easy introduction to the arts and sciences : being a short, but comprehensive system of useful and polite learning. Divided into lessons. Illustrated with cuts, and adapted to the use of schools and academies. By R. Turner, ...
Richard Turner (1753-1788)
Category
Books
Date
1802
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3231789
Summary
Bibliographic description
The eighth edition, with considerable additions and improvements; ... xi, [1], 256 p. : ill. ; 12mo. Pastedown ink price: 3/6. Pencil annotated dates in text (Natural history section). Provenance: inscribed variously on pastedown, titlepage and p.v: "Mary Frances Stables 1809 / Mary Theresa Stables Hemsworth" [i.e. Mary Theresa Mosley, née Stables (d. 1869)]. Binding: nineteenth-century sheep; recessed cords; gold fillets to spine.
Makers and roles
Richard Turner (1753-1788)