The speaker, or, Miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best English writers, and disposed under proper heads, with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth in reading and speaking ... : to which are prefixed two essays, I. On elocution, II. On reading works of taste / by William Enfield ... ; embellished with four elegant plates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enfield, William, 1741-1797.

Contributor:

Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elocution--Early works to 1800.

Elocution.

Genre:

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor)

Grierson Family Books (label)

Physical Description:

lx, 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm (12mo)

Edition:

A new edition, corrected and enlarged.

Other Title:

Speaker

Miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best English writers, and disposed under proper heads, with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth in reading and speaking

Fingerprint:

c.to d.e- n,n; HEAl (3) 1795 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Johnson ..., MDCCXCV [1795]

Notes:

Edition statement precedes subtitle on title leaf.

Signatures: a-b¹² c⁶ B-T¹² U⁶.

Engraved illustrations.

Publisher's advertisements on leaves U3-U6.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy has bookplate of Archibald Elias and label of Grierson Family Books on verso of back free endpaper.

Penn Libraries copy: boards wanting; many leaves stained; minor damage to text on leaves b12v, c1r, c3v, c4r, B2v, B3r, B5v, B6r, D8v, D9r, E6v, E7r, Q8r, R8v, and R9r from remains of pressed flowers; leaf I1 torn vertically near inner margin.

Penn Libraries copy: a few ms. marginal marks in pencil in text; ms. annotation in pencil on leaf C11v.

Cited in:

ESTC T105849

OCLC:

49700903