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: and 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 sixth American, from the fifth British edition
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 34521
Publisher: Printed and sold by John Bioren, Dock Street.
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Philadelphia
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

Errors in paging: p. 95, 424 misnumbered 67, 224

Not in Evans or Bristol

Shipton & Mooney 34521

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34521)