Lectures on the art of reading...Containing Part I. The art of reading prose. Part II. The art of reading verse

by Thomas Sheridan

$150 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: printed for C. Dilly et al. , 1781. Second edition, mixed issue, 8vo, pp. 2 , 409, 1 ad ; contemporary diced russia rebacked, new red morocco label on spine; hinges strengthened with library tape; a good copy. Press figure 8 on p. 6; 3 on pp. 286 and 386. Sheridan was Jonathan Swift's godson and the father of Richard Sheridan the statesman and dramatist. Early in his career he performed on stage and managed a theatre or two, but his lack of success

• Binding: Leather

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