An Abridgment Of Lectures On Rhetorick, By Hugh Blair, D.D., Greatly Improved By The Addition, To Each Page, Of Appropriate Questions. Blair, Hugh And Blake, John Lauris Collectibles Room

An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetorick, by Hugh Blair, D.D., Greatly Improved by the Addition, to Each Page, of Appropriate Questions. By John Lauris Blake and printed in Concord, New Hampshire by Jacob B. Moore. 1825, 5th Edition, 324 pp, 5.75 x 3.75 , 12mo, full leather hardcover. In good condition, with rubbing and wear to exterior, including loss of leather on rear board. Light loss to title label on spine. Hinges remain in good condition with minor wear. Staining to bottom half of some pages, primarily at front. Light markings and marginalia. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A later edition regarding grammar and rhetoric. Edited with additions by John Lauris Blake (1788-1857), an American clergyman and author, best known as the author of the General Biographical Dictionary. COLM1825ABDB