Buy this book on-line BOWLES, Carrington : SELF-INSTRUCTOR; OR, YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION; BEING AN
[BOWLES, Carrington] THE SELF-INSTRUCTOR; OR, YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION; BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO ALL THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF USEFUL LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE...TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE ARTIST'S ASSISTANT; COMPRISING THE ARTS OF DRAWING, PERSPECTIVE, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, MEZZOTINTO SCRAPING, PAINTING, DYEING, COLOURING OF MAPS. ETC. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF NAVAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. ALSO, VARIOUS USEFUL MEDICINAL RECEIPTS. Liverpool: Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon [n.d. ca. 1812]. Stereotype edition. 593 pp. + [3 pp] + frontispiece and six plates. 8vo., recently rebound in quarter brown leather with gilt leather spine label and brown cloth boards. Contemporary ink ownership on verso of frontispiece. Plates are foxed and browned at the edges. Ink and pencil margin notes to a few pages; a few pages have closed tears. The owner has crossed out the word "Best" on the title page. Practical instruction in mathematics, grammar, history, geography, writing, astronomy, and chronology. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of BOWLES, Carrington : SELF-INSTRUCTOR; OR, YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION; BEING AN. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, libri antichi, antiquarian books, incunabula and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |