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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture7
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Herbert Read Collection2

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conduct of life60
education9
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India1
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Wilson, David L6
Day, Thomas (1748-1789)3
Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849)3
Schmid, Christoph Von (1768-1854)3
Stothard, Thomas3
Stothard, Thomas (1755-1834)3
Aikin, Arthur2
Aikin, Arthur (1773-1854)2
Aikin, John (1747-1822)2
Chapone, Mrs Hester (1727-1801)2

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A Folkloristic Approach to Traditional Educational Processes in Igbo

Oduah, Gabriel Ikechukwu

1981

M.A. dissertation on aspects of the folk life of the Igbo people living in south-eastern Nigeria. The study is divided into three sections, the first containing chapters on the Igbo people (their geog...

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Letters on education : with observations on religious and metaphysical subjects

Macaulay, Catharine (1731-1791)

1790

No chain-lines, 8 leaves per gathering.

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A plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools

Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)

1797

"Catalogue of books": p. 118-126.

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An essay on the advantage of a polite education : joined with a learned one

Philpot, Stephen

1747

Dedication signed: Stephen Philpot.

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The looking-glass for the mind, or, Intellectual mirror : being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories & interesting tales

Berquin M (1747-1791); Bewick, John (1760-1795); Cooper, W D (fl. 1788); Johnson, R (1793)

1809

"The following pages may be considered rather as a collection of the beauties of M. Berquin, than as a literally abridged translation..."--preface.

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The history of Sandford and Merton : a work intended for the use of children : in three volumes, with frontispieces (v.1)

Day, Thomas (1748-1789); Stothard, Thomas (1755-1834)

1798

By Thomas Day; cf. Osborne and Gumuchian, both cited below. Vol. 1: x, [11]-280 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 308 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: 310, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. Engravings: frontis...

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The history of Sandford and Merton : a work intended for the use of children : in three volumes, with frontispieces (v.2)

Day, Thomas (1748-1789); Stothard, Thomas (1755-1834)

1798

By Thomas Day; cf. Osborne and Gumuchian, both cited below. Vol. 1: x, [11]-280 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 308 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: 310, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. Engravings: frontis...

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The history of Sandford and Merton : a work intended for the use of children : in three volumes, with frontispieces (v.3)

Day, Thomas (1748-1789); Stothard, Thomas (1755-1834)

1798

By Thomas Day; cf. Osborne and Gumuchian, both cited below. Vol. 1: x, [11]-280 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 308 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: 310, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. Engravings: frontis...

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