Seven volume set of Francis Newbery's popular "Circle of Sciences" comprising of educational works designed for children on grammar, arithmetic, rhetoric, logic, poetry, geography and chronology.

£4,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Comprising: 1. Grammar Made Familiar and Easy. Being the First Volume of the Circle of Sciences, c. Published by the King’s Authority. The Fourth Edition. 1776 2. Arithmetic Made Familiar and Easy . Being the Second Volume […] The Fourth Edition. 1777. 3. Rhetoric Made Familiar and Easy , and Illustrated with Orations from Demosthenes, Cicero, Sallust, Homer, Shakespear, Milton, c. Being the third Volume […] The Fourth Edition. 1777 4. Poetry Made Familiar and Easy , and Embellished with a great Variety of Epigrams, Epitaphs, Songs, Odes, Pastorals, c from the best Authors. Being the Fourth Volume […] The Fourth Edition. 1776. 5. Logic Made Familiar and Easy : To which is Added a Compendious System of Metaphysics, or Ontology. Being the Fifth Volume […] The Fourth Edition. 1777. 6. Geography Made familiar and easy to Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Being the Sixth Volume […] The Fifth Edition. 1783. 7. Chronology Made Familiar and Easy to Young Gentlemen and Ladies. To which is added, a Table of the most memorable Events from the Beginning of the World. Being the Seventh Volume […] The Fourth Edition. 1778. First announced in 1745, Newbery’s Circle of Science comprised these seven volumes, which were issued over the next three years and then in multiple editions. Volumes on Criticism, History and Philosophy were advertised, but no editions are known to exist. There were also two supplementary works, An Easy Introduction to the English Language and A Spelling Dictionary of the Eng

• Binding: Hardcover

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