Book Description

First edition. 12mo., full calf, spine with 5 raised bands, decorative blind tooling to covers; xvii, 219 [3] pp. 3 pages of publisher s adverts to rear; headpieces and tailpieces to prefaces and final page. Previous owner's signature on title page and annotations on endpapers and occasionally to text. Cover a little rubbed, corners bumped and edges darkened, front hinge a little tender but pages clean and text bright. ESTC T63444.
Dealer Notes
An attractive little volume of advice from the author primarily to his son but also to the general reader. A Preface addressed by the author to his son urges him to follow the advice set out in the book if he wishes to live a wise, good, useful and happy life. The title page includes the maxim, Be ye as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves, and the book starts with the adage, Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
Author Fuller, Thomas, M.D.
Date 1725
Binding Contemporary calf
Publisher J. Wyat, and W. and J. Innys, in St Paul s Churchyard
Illustrator None
Condition Good
Pages xvii, 219 [3] pp

Price: £200.00

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