THE PROSAIC GARLAND

Authors: Evans, John

Categories: Fiction

Prose

Anthology / Collection

Children / Youth

Year: 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.