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A father's legacy to his daughters / [by John Gregory].

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection BX1330 .C67 1775
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Penn Provenance:
  • Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor)
  • Grierson Family Books (label)
Physical Description:
?, vi, ?, 75 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm (8vo)
Other Title:
Political pamphlet PU
Place of Publication:
[Dublin?] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1774]
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Religion
  • Conduct and behaviour
  • Amusements
  • Friendship, love, marriage.
Notes:
  • Title leaf wanting from this copy; title from caption on leaf B1r. "A father's legacy to his daughters" was written by John Gregory and first published in 1774. Cf. DNB.
  • Signatures: [?] B-E⁸ F⁴ G².
  • The preliminary leaves of this copy appear in the following order: a stub (remains of title leaf?); an unsigned leaf (recto blank; verso with table of contents headed "THE CONTENTS"); a leaf signed "a" (recto headed "PREFACE"; verso numbered "iv"); an unsigned leaf (recto numbered "v"; verso numbered "vi" with catchword "THE") conjugate with the preceding leaf; a second stub conjugate with the unsigned leaf containing the table of contents; and a third stub. This arrangement cannot be construed to match the pagination of either ESTC N18499 ([2], vi, 75, [1] p.) or N67798 (vi, [2], 75, [1] p.).
Local Notes:
  • Penn Libraries copy is no. 5 in a vol. of 7 pamphlets printed in Dublin in the 1770s bound together with spine title: Political pamphlet.
  • Penn Libraries copy has bookplate of Archibald Elias and label of Grierson Family Books on back pastedown.
  • Penn Libraries copy: spine damaged.
  • Penn Libraries copy has 1 folded sheet containing a list of the volume's contents (headed: 1770s Political Pamphlets Collection), 1 yellow 4 x 6" card containing a typed list of the volume's contents, and 1 folded sheet of bibliographical information about Hartson's "Youth" laid in.
OCLC:
610456697

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