The Beauties of history; or, Pictures of virtue and vice, drawn from real life
Subtitle: designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth
By: By L.M. Stretch, M.A. ; Vol. I[-II]
Edition: The seventh edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 27749
Publisher: Printed by Edward Gray.
Published: 1794
Place of publication: Springfield [Mass.]
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Miscellanea; World history; Juvenile literature; Youth; Conduct of life
Notes: Selections from various writers, with commentary by Stretch.

Edition statement transposed; precedes "Vol. I." on title page.

Signatures: v. 1, A-U⁶ W⁶ X-2H⁶ (A1 blank); v. 2, A-U⁶ W⁶ X-2F⁶ (A1 blank).

Vol. 1: xxiv, 360 p.; v. 2: xi, [1], 348 p.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. xii, 254 misnumbered xi, 154; v. 2, p. 257, 261, 296 misnumbered 157, 161, 196.

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