[Etiquette]. [Five works, bound together.]

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 modern brown calf with gilt spine title. New endpapers. Five volumes in one, twelvemo. [4], [9]-58; 62; [6], [9]-77; vi, [2], 64; xx, 161, [3] pp. Despite odd pagination, the text is complete. Item #17501

OCLC records only one copy of The Philosophy of Manner (British Library), one copy of The Young Husband’s Book (British Library), and no copies of The Philosophy of Courtship and Marriage and The Established Church. OCLC records seven copies of The Science of Etiquette, only three of which are located outside the United Kingdom (NYPL, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, University of Quebec).

Price: $750.00