With Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Amusing Study
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting With Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Amusing Study
William Millar, 1804.
Reprint. Full horizontal grained calf, gilt rules to cover, gilt decorations and a red morocco title label to spine. Gilt tooled turn ins. Retaining page marker ribbon. All edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece of a cat and mouse. Marbled endpapers. A very good copy, some surface wear to the boards and front joint, and rubbing to the tail of the spine. A contemporary ownership inscription to the front blank.
A witty work parodying conduct books of the time, offering methods of tormenting all manner of people, and providing an entertaining critique of societal rules.
Stock ID: 46606
