16mo, 286 paes, marble calf with gilt spine titles on a red leather label and gilt rules. Engraved frontispiece. Some cracking at joints, and some remnants of scotch tape at head and foot of spine. Scattered foxing, heavy in a few spots, Good. 112304A Marriage.

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Title

THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR or Matrimonial Preceptor, A Collection (with Additions and Variations) of Essays. Epistles, Precepts and Examples, Relating to the Married State, From the much celebrated Writers, Ancient and Modern. Adapted to the State of Society in the American Republic.

Publisher

Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West, Proprieter of the Copy-Right, Boston

Publication Date

1797

Binding

hardcover

Condition

Fair

Seller catalogs

Marriage

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Established in 1984, Alkahest Bookshop took over the space and stock of the Atheneum Bookstore on Central St. in Evanston, IL. For many years we were a partner in Chicago Rare Book Center, which closed in 2017. We are now on-line, and have a select general stock, with large sections on U.S. history, art, and literature. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) and IOBA.

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