Lessons in elocution: or, A selection of pieces, in prose and verse
Subtitle: for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking.
By: By William Scott. ; To which are prefixed, Elements of gesture, illustrated by four elegant copper-plates; also Rules for expressing, with propriety, the various passions and emotions of the mind
Contributors: Scott, William, 1750-1804, comp; Burgh, James, 1714-1775.; Walker, John, 1732-1807.
Edition: The eighth American, from the fifth British edition
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 36285
Publisher: Printed for William Young, bookseller and stationer, n. 52 South Second-Street, Philadelphia.
Published: 1799
Place of publication: Whitehall [Pa.]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Elocution
Notes: Compiled by Scott from the work of others. "Elements of gesture" is taken from John Walker's Academic speaker; "Rules for expressing with propriety the various passions and emotions of the mind" from James Burgh's Art of speaking

Edition statement transposed; precedes "To which are prefixed ..." on title page

The "copper-plates" are in fact relief cuts, and are integral with the text

Error in paging: p. 353 misnumbered 335

Evans 36285

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Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36285)