The prompter, or, A commentary on common sayings and subjects, which are full of common sense, the best sense in the world.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843, author.

Contributor:

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer.

Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer.

Friends of the Library Endowment Fund.

Standardized Title:

Prompter

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.

Conduct of life.

Maxims--Early works to 1800.

Maxims.

Genre:

Relief prints.

Penn Provenance:

Nixon, Warren (former owner) (inscription) (Kislak Center copy)

Framingham Historical & Natural History Society (bookplate) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

96 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Other Title:

Commentary on common sayings and subjects, which are full of common sense, the best sense in the world

Fingerprint:

n.he d.r, eno- cobe (3) 1793 (R)

Place of Publication:

Printed at Boston : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, at Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, MDCCXCIII [1793]

Notes:

"Webster's authorship was revealed in an advertisement in the American Minerva, January 16, 1796."--ESTC.

Signatures: A-H⁶.

Woodcut title ornament, illustrations and head-piece.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2021 from Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Inc.5

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Friends of the Library Endowment Fund.

Kislak Center copy has dated 18th-century autograph ("Warren Nixon's Book 1798") on front free endpaper; bookplate of Framingham Historical and Natural History Society with manuscript call number ("156.22") in blue ink on front pastedown; spine label with the same manuscript call number.

Cited in:

ESTC W27906

Evans 26451

Skeel, E.E.F. Webster, 658

OCLC:

208343231