A New Book for the Improvement of Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Filial Duty, recommended and enforc'd, by a variety of instructive and entertaining stories, of children who have been remarkable for affection to their parents; also An account of some striking instances of children, who have behaved in an undutiful, and unnatural manner to their parents. The whole founded on historical facts.

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Title A New Book for the Improvement of Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Filial Duty, recommended and enforc'd, by a variety of instructive and entertaining stories, of children who have been remarkable for affection to their parents; also An account of some striking instances of children, who have behaved in an undutiful, and unnatural manner to their parents. The whole founded on historical facts.
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Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination vi,174p.,plate ; 12⁰.
Date of Publication 1798
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Imprint Printed for E. Newbery the corner of St. Paul's Churchyard
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Sextodecimo (16mo)
Length (cm) 12
Width (cm) 8
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Shelfmarks
  • BL Ch. 780/20.
  • Roscoe
Notes Another, presumably later, undated edition. BL says [1780?]
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Unknown. A New Book for the Improvement of Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Filial Duty, recommended and enforc'd, by a variety of instructive and entertaining stories, of children who have been remarkable for affection to their parents; also An account of some striking instances of children, who have behaved in an undutiful, and unnatural manner to their parents. The whole founded on historical facts.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 12424, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/12424. Accessed 2024-04-16. 

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