A Museum for young gentlemen and ladies; or Private tutor and pocket library : Being the most useful and entertaining companion for the youth of both sexes ever offered to the public, containing directions for reading with elegance and propriety. A compendious history of Ireland and England. Of the cities, towns, rivers, mountains, and curiosities of Ireland. A description of the Giant's Causeway with a cut. An account of the solar system, of the four quarters of the world. With an historical account of France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, &c. &c. Also lists of things necessary to be known. Of the seven wonders of the world, with cuts of each. Letters, poems, tales and fables. The whole illustrated with twenty-seven plates elegantly engraved.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Museums.

Youth--Life skills guides--Early works to 1800.

Youth.

Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc--Early works to 1800.

Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi,306,plates )

Other Title:

Museum for young gentlemen and ladies; or Private tutor and pocket library

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury, (No. 33) Upper Ormond-Quay, 1790.

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to John Newbery and to Oliver Goldsmith.

Pagination from DLC and Dp.

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T210260.

OCLC:

510522519