The Gentleman's pocket library.
Subtitle: Containing, 1. The principles of politeness. 2. The economy of human life. 3. Rochefoucauld's Moral reflections. 4. Lavater's Aphorisms on man. 5. The polite philosopher. 6. The way to wealth, by Dr. Franklin. 7. Select sentences. 8. Detached sentences. 9. Old Italian, Spanish and English proverbs. 10. A tablet of memory.
Contributors: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.; Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764.; La Rochefoucauld, Franc ʹois, duc de, 1613-1680.; Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.; Forrester, James, d. 1765.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 27039.
Publisher: Printed and sold by W. Spotswood. Sold also by H. and P. Rice, Philadelphia.
Published: 1794
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Proverbs.; Chronology, Historical.
Notes: Signatures: [A]℗ø B-Uœ́ Wœ́ X-Yœ́.

"Ten precepts, which William, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England, gave to his second son, Robert Cecil, afterwards the Earl of Salisbury."--p. 178-180.

"The tablet of memory, comprehending an epitome of general history."--p. [221]-256.

Evans 27039.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 27039)