DWIGHT, Theodore

THE FATHER'S BOOK;; or suggestions for the government and instruction of young children on principles appropriate to a Christian country.

Springfield: Merriam, 1835. Second edn. 12mo, pp. xii, 212 + 4 pp of adv. Engraved frontispiece by A. Dick after L. Morton. Bound in contemporary embossed cloth, covers faded, a very good tight copy. Contemporary name on end paper and title page of Granby Mass farmer and diarist Holland Montague. Item #49201

This was originally published the previous year. Theodore Dwight (1764-1846) was a lawyer who practiced in Hartford, CT. He was also a member of the "Hartford Wits."

Price: $150.00