A father's legacy to his daughters. A letter to a new-married lady. Etc.

London, printed for John Sharpe; Piccadilly, C. Whittingham, 1822

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8vo: viii-160 pp. (some spotting and offsetting of the plates).

Contemp. half sheep with corners, gilt orn. spine.

Later edition of this best-seller by the Scottish physician, medical writer and moralist J. Gregory (1724-1773). He wrote the work after the death of his wife to honour her memory and record her thoughts on female education. Ill. with an engr. title and 4 full-page engr. pl. by Charles Rolls drawn by Richard Westall.
Ref. COPAC.