The instructor, or, American Young man's best companion
Subtitle: containing instructions for reading, writing, arithmetic, merchants' accounts, mensuration, gauging, the art of dialling, dying and making colours, pickling, preserving, and the art of making several sorts of wines : also a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy, with several very useful tables : to which is added some general observations on gardening for every month of the year, &c. &c
By: by George Fisher
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 498
Publisher: Printed and sold by John Bioren
Published: 1801
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Handbooks, vade-mecums
Other titles: American Young man's best companion.
Notes: Pages 118 and 262 numbered 811 and 263 respectively. Pages 131-132 numbered in duplicate.

Published also under title: The American instructor, or, Young man's best companion.

Has been erroneously ascribed to Mrs. Slack (i.e. Ann Fisher Slack) who wrote under the name, A. Fisher. cf British Museum Catalogue; Halkett and Laing; Archaelogia aelinana of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3rd. ser., vol. 3, 17 and 18; L. C. Karpinski, "The elusive George Fisher, accomptant", 1935.

Includes index.

Shaw & Shoemaker 498

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.