Lot #46: 1794 Elegant Extracts, or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose Leather Bound Book

Elegant Extracts or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry. Features an ornate calligraphic title, an engraved vignette of a beehive, and the Latin motto "Studio fallente laborem". Publushed in London 1794. Leather bound book Condition: all books on offer are antiquarian, antique, vintage, or used... buyers should expect minor foxing on antique books, minor marks on the covers, and minor loss to edges of original dust jackets. If there is any Major damages or loss it will be shown in the images. Binding reinforced with tape. Measurements: 9 1/2” x 6” x 2 1/2”(thick) Pickup category timeslot {A}