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The Beauties of history, or Pictures of virtue and vice, drawn from real life : designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth / by L.M. Stretch : in two volumes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection BJ1520 .S85 1829 v.1-2 in 1 (v.1-2)
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics--Early works to 1800.
- Ethics.
- Virtue--Early works to 1800.
- Virtue.
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1900.
- Conduct of life.
- History--Miscellanea.
- History.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 15 cm
- Other Title:
- Pictures of virtue and vice, drawn from real life.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by James Kay, Jun. and Co. for Carey, Lea & Carey, John Grigg, Towar & Hogan, Uriah Hunt, H. Cowperthwait, J. Crissy, T.T. Ash -- New York, E. Bliss, William B. Gilley, O.A. Roorbach -- Boston, Munroe & Francis, Richardson & Lord -- Washington, Pishey Thompson, 1829.
- Notes:
- Selections from various writers, with commentary by Stretch.
- Each v. has engraved frontispiece.
- Local Notes:
- Bound in 1 v.
- Cited in:
- Shoemaker 40562
- OCLC:
- 35869735
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