THE PROSAIC GARLAND
Authors: Evans, John
Categories: Fiction
Prose Anthology / Collection Children / YouthYear: 1807
Publisher: James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster Row
Pagination: xxiv, [1]-260, [2] p., xxv-xxvi p.
Dimensions: 13 x 7 cm
City: London
Document Type: Book
Edition: Second, likely; half-title page indicates previous edition 1803 by same publisher
Language: English
Printer: Albion Press
Dedication: [iii] 'TO | THE REV. CALEB EVANS, | LATE OF BALIOL COLLEGE ; | OXFORD, | NOW OF BITTON, NEAR BATH'. (By John Evans)
Advertisements: [v] 'ADVERTISEMENT.' [2] p. 'BY THE REV. JOHN EVANS.'
Other Content: [vii]-xix 'INTRODUCTORY ESSAY | ON | GENIUS AND TASTE, | AS CONNECTED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT | OF THE RISING GENERATION.' (By John Evans) [xxi]-xxiv 'CONTENTS.' xxv-xxvi p. 'CONTENTS.'
Marginalia: Front free endpaper 'Tracy Wien | (writing crossed out) | Sarah Browning'.
Binding: Brown, half calf. Front and back covers marbled board. SPINE: [gilt-tooled] '(decorative lines) | (double line/decorative emblem/double line) | EVANS. | (double line/decorative emblem/double line) | (decorative emblem/double line) | (decorative emblem/double line) | (decorative lines)'.
Edges: Trimmed, spotted red
Notes:Full title: THE PROSAIC GARLAND ; CONSISTING OF UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED PIECES SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF THE DISTINGUISHED WRITERS OF THE PRESENT AGE. WITH INTRODUCTORY LINES TO EACH ARTICLE. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RISING GENERATION. Collection of excerpts from various authors intended for the education of young people.