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The family instructor, in three parts; I. Relating to fathers and children. II. To masters and servants. III. To husbands and wives. The tenth edition. Corrected by the author.
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DEFOE, Daniel (1661?--1731)
[Family instructor. Vol. 1. 1725]
The family instructor, in three parts; I. Relating to fathers and children. II. To masters and servants. III. To husbands and wives. The tenth edition. Corrected by the author.
London (Place), printed for N.L. and sold by J. Batley,, 1725.
[6], 18, 17--385, [1] p. ; 16.5 cm. (12º)
Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe. First published in 1715. A second volume in two parts, was first published in 1718 (2nd ed. 1720, q.v.). This was the first of a series of conduct or practical divinity books by Defoe, published anonymously owing to Defoe's somewhat tarnished reputation as a hack writer. Written in the traditional form of dialogues, the work was innovative for being addressed to an adult rather than a youthful audience, and for the development of plot and character in the dialogues. Page numbers 17--18 are duplicated in the pagination but register and text are continuous. ESTC n48871; Furbank and Owens 169; Moore 309.
Copy Notes The Soane copy of the two volumes is a made-up set consisting of vol. I in this edition and vol. II in the 1720 edition (q.v.). Part of a uniformly bound 48-volume set of works by or attributed to Defoe which on the evidence of endleaves variously watermarked '1814', '1808', etc. was presumably assembled around 1810--15.
Binding C19th half calf, marbled-paper boards, gilt-tooled spine direct-lettered in gilt 'Defoe's Works' and 'Family Instructor Vol. I.'. Cased (18.8 cm) to match the set.
Reference Number 848
[Family instructor. Vol. 1. 1725]
The family instructor, in three parts; I. Relating to fathers and children. II. To masters and servants. III. To husbands and wives. The tenth edition. Corrected by the author.
London (Place), printed for N.L. and sold by J. Batley,, 1725.
[6], 18, 17--385, [1] p. ; 16.5 cm. (12º)
Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe. First published in 1715. A second volume in two parts, was first published in 1718 (2nd ed. 1720, q.v.). This was the first of a series of conduct or practical divinity books by Defoe, published anonymously owing to Defoe's somewhat tarnished reputation as a hack writer. Written in the traditional form of dialogues, the work was innovative for being addressed to an adult rather than a youthful audience, and for the development of plot and character in the dialogues. Page numbers 17--18 are duplicated in the pagination but register and text are continuous. ESTC n48871; Furbank and Owens 169; Moore 309.
Copy Notes The Soane copy of the two volumes is a made-up set consisting of vol. I in this edition and vol. II in the 1720 edition (q.v.). Part of a uniformly bound 48-volume set of works by or attributed to Defoe which on the evidence of endleaves variously watermarked '1814', '1808', etc. was presumably assembled around 1810--15.
Binding C19th half calf, marbled-paper boards, gilt-tooled spine direct-lettered in gilt 'Defoe's Works' and 'Family Instructor Vol. I.'. Cased (18.8 cm) to match the set.
Reference Number 848