The Whole Works of Roger Ascham, Now First Collected and Revised, With a Life of the Author (4 volumes complete)

London: John Russell Smith, 4 volumes. Library of Old Authors series in the original pebbled brown cloth with stamped insignia on front boards. Very light even sunning to spines. A very nice set. No former owner marks. UNCUT, UNOPENED, COMPLETE, with some overlapping contents, pagination and volume numbers. Contents: VOL I: Vol I, Part I Life &c and Letters, 193 pp.; VOL II: Vol I, Part II Letters Contiguous pagination, 192-459 pp.; VOL III: Vol II Letters Continued, and Toxophilus. 196pp and 168 pp.; VOL IV: Vol III. Various works including "Of the Affairs and Fate of Germany" pp. 3-62, "The Scholemaster or plaine and Perfite Way of teachyng children." p. 66-276, "Latin Poems", De Vita et Obitu", 368 pages in all. Roger Ascham (1515 ? 1568) was a 16th century English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. He served in the administrations of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, whom he tutored in Greek and Latin between 1548 and 1550. Due to the size/weight of this offer extra charges may apply for expedited/international shipping.…