Shelfmark
Gh.7.25
Author
White, John master of a boarding-school.
Title
The country-man's conductor in reading and writing true English, : containing such rules as the author, by near forty years practice in teaching, hath found necessary and useful to that end. Printed chiefly for the use of the author's own school, and may also be useful to all teachers, parents, masters of families, and single-persons, to improve themselves, their children and families, in good English. To which are added, some examples of the English of our honourable ancestors, and also of our western dialect. And some arithmetical rules to be learnt by children, before or as soon as they are put to writing. / By John White, sometime master of Mr. Chilcot's English-free-school in Tiverton, and now master of a boarding-school in Butterly, near Tiverton aforesaid..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Exeter: : Printed by Sam. Farley, for the author; and sold by Mr. Humphry Burton in Tiverton, Mr. Philip Bishop in Exon, Mr. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard in London, Mr. Rich. Gravett at the Tolzey in Bristol,, 1701..
Physical description
[16], 144 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. (8⁰)
Note
Signatures: A-K⁸.
Note
Frontispiece illustration of a master and his pupils in a school room.
Citation/references note
Alston, IV.211
Citation/references note
ESTC, T145275
Provenance
Hand-written syllables on A1v and A6v.
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College from John Reynolds in 1751.
Binding
Half-leather binding with grey paper; gold titling on dark leather on spine; one additional flyleaf at the back of book.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the frontispiece
Subject
English language Grammar Handbooks, manuals, etc. Early works to 1800.
Subject
Arithmetic Early works to 1900.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Gravett, Richard, fl. 1688 - 1738 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Burton, Humphry, fl. 1696 - 1701 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Bishop, Philip, ? - -approximately 1716 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Taylor, John, fl. 1683 - 1713 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Exeter.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50432