Research Catalog

Title

The leisure hour improved : consisting of a variety of interesting subjects, in prose and verse : in which the most difficult words are accented and explained at the beginning of each chapter.

Publication

[Newbury] : Printed at the Mentorian Press, by S. Maunder, for W. Pinnock, Newbury; and sold wholesale by him; also by C. Law, 13, Ave-Maria-Lane; B. Crosby and Co., Stationers'-Court, London : and by all other booksellers in the Kingdom, [between 1810 and 1817?].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maunder, Samuel, 1785-1849
• Pinnock, William, 1782-1843
• Law, Charles, 1763 or 1764-1827
• B. Crosby and Co., Publisher.

Summary

A collection of short essays and poems on moral subjects; includes several pieces by Anna Laetitia Barbauld and Benjamin Franklin.

Subject

• Conduct of life > Juvenile literature

Note

• Watermark = 181[ ] (no fourth date numeral).
• Pinnock relocated to Strand, London in 1817 (cf. BBTI).

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Leisure hour improved)

OCLC

816911404

Title

The leisure hour improved : consisting of a variety of interesting subjects, in prose and verse : in which the most difficult words are accented and explained at the beginning of each chapter.

Imprint

[Newbury] : Printed at the Mentorian Press, by S. Maunder, for W. Pinnock, Newbury; and sold wholesale by him; also by C. Law, 13, Ave-Maria-Lane; B. Crosby and Co., Stationers'-Court, London : and by all other booksellers in the Kingdom, [between 1810 and 1817?].

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: In original blue boards, with blue roan backstrip.

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Added Author

Maunder, Samuel, 1785-1849, Printer.

Pinnock, William, 1782-1843, Publisher.

Law, Charles, 1763 or 1764-1827, Publisher.

B. Crosby and Co., Publisher.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Leisure hour improved)