[ALLESTREE, RICHARD]. The Government of the Tongue. Published by At the Theater in Oxford, M.DC.LXXV. [1675].
THIRD IMPRESSION; leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (18 x 11.5 x 2 cm), pp. [16], 224. English text. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf, gilt panelled covers, morocco lettering-piece in second compartment, all page edges gilt, initial and terminal blanks, engraved frontispiece, head-pieces, decorative initials. Condition: GOOD. Collated complete. Binding secure with sight rubbing to the joints and spine ends. Interior well-preserved, with a couple of spots and light toning. A handsome copy.
Notes: An anonymously published moral approach to the correction of speech by Allestree, the King's Chaplain and Provost of Eton College.
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