The Philosophy of Manner. By [Asteios]. Glasgow: John Symington & Co., 1837. [Bound with:] The Philosophy of Courtship and Marriage. Glasgow: John Symington & Co., 1837. [and:] The Young Husband’s Book; a Manual of Domestic Duties. By Mentor. Glasgow: D. Cameron and Co. Printers, 1837. [and:] The Science of Etiquette. By [Asteios]. Glasgow: John Reid & Co., 1836. [and:] PADDISON, Richard. The Established Church and Thorogood or, the Real Question at Issue: Being an Examination of the Principles, Conduct, and Character of the State Church...Lincoln: James Hitchins, 1840.
First editions of all these works aside from The Philosophy of Courtship and Marriage, which is the “second thousand.”. Corners worn, but clean and fresh throughout. A very good copy of this unusual collection of rare works on conduct and propriety. Contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards, rebacked in.....