FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. [iv], xvi, 18, [2]. Disbound. A few minor spots. Title-page inscribed 'From the Author' and two corrections in the text in the same hand. A scarce pamphlet on Greek prepositions and the cases they take, primarily the work of the talented Richmond schoolmaster James Tate (1771-1843) - this copy presented by him, with two autograph corrections. The centrepiece is a talk by Professor of Greek at Glasgow James Moor (1712-1779), originally printed by the Foulis Press in 1766; Tate adds a response and a preceding paper on the origin of cases, each reprinted from periodicals. COPAC and Worldcat between them locate 8 copies, at the V&A, BL, NLW, Durham, York Minster, NLS, Claremont, and Yale. Seller Inventory # 4231

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Title: Tracts on the Cases, Prepositions, and ...

Publisher: Printed by T. and A. Bowman, for Baldwin and Cradock, Richmond

Publication Date: 1830

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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.

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Derek Walker and Anna Fomicheva t/a McNaughtan's Bookshop
3a & 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AE, United Kingdom

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All books listed subject to prior sale. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and bound by their Code of Conduct. Anything found to be not as described may be returned for a full refund. This does not affect or limit statutory rights of return under EU distance selling regulations. McNaughtan's Bookshop is a trading name of the partnership Derek Walker & Anna Fomicheva, VAT reg. GB218182907. Please address any communication to McNaughtan's Bookshop, 3a & 4a Haddington Place, ...

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