Exercises, Instructive and Entertaining, in False English, written with a view to perfect youth in their mother tongue, as well as to enlarge their ideas in general and give them a relish for what is ornamental, useful, and good

BINNS, John

Published by Edward Baines for John Heaton (successor to T Binns), Leeds, 1815

About this Item

15th edition 1815. Pp viii 111 [1]. Contemporary sheep, front board detached. Contents are very clean. Neat inscription in the year of publication on front endpaper: Thomas Jordin April 5th 1815. Osborne, who have a copy of the 7th edition, 1799, credit the work to John Binns. They note the work was first published in 1787 and a 21st edition was published in 1841 (Osborne p 696). Nearly all editions seem to have been published in Leeds. Although printed in large numbers, most copies have not survived and the book is now scarce.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exercises, Instructive and Entertaining, in False English, written with a view to perfect youth in their mother tongue, as well as to enlarge their ideas in general and give them a relish for what is ornamental, useful, and good
• Publisher: Edward Baines for John Heaton (successor to T Binns), Leeds
• Publication Date: 1815
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good