The Brief Remarker on the Ways of Man: or, Compendious Dissertations . . . Designed for, and Adapted to, the Use of American Academies.
Canandaigua [N. Y.]: Printed and Sold by J. D. Bemis & Co.; also sold by C. Morse and Co. Geneseo; and R. W. Haskins and Co. Buffalo, 1823. Second Canadaigua edition. 12mo, original tree calf, black leather spine label, gilt rules and lettering, 264 pages. A little light foxing throughout; edges of the boards a bit rubbed, label a trifle chipped; a very good copy. Item #19329
The first Canadaigua edition of 1821 did not include the consortium of distributors but went out under the Bemis imprint alone. The patriot chaplain and editor’s posthumous collected moral essays adapted for scholastic use; the first edition appeared in Hudson, N.Y., in 1818, and a number of diverse editions subsequently appeared. See Sabin 75926. Contemporary Union Library ink autograph ownership inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $50.00