The excellency of virtue, contrasted with the deformity of vice, or, The admonitions of a loving father to his only son : on the most useful, entertaining, and interesting subjects : intended to inspire adults, as well as children, with suitable detestation at the destructive practices and delusive opinions of the slaves of superstition, the votaries of fashion, and the vices of the present age : to which is added, A terrestrial paradise displayed, or, The road to happiness and Heaven, strewed with flowers, and carpetted with roses, &c. / by Thomas Branagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian life.

Virtue.

Penn Provenance:

Penniman, James Hosmer (bookplate)

Physical Description:

228 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm

Other Title:

The admonitions of a loving father to his only son.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for the author by J. Rakestraw, 1808.

Notes:

"The rise and fall of the antediluvian world, displayed in miniature : written in imitation of that ancient poem, entitled 'The house that Jack built'": p. 73-86.

"A terrestrial paradise displayed" (with special t.-p.): p. [87]-228.

Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1969. 3 microopaques ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14580).

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker 14580

Contains:

Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843. Terrestrial paradise displayed. 1808.

OCLC:

24409227