[Rarebooks] FS: Lewis Robinson: Select and Original Dialogues...

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Roberson, Lewis [i.e., Lewis Robinson]. SELECT AND ORIGINAL DIALOGUES, 
ORATIONS AND SINGLE PIECES, DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. 
Weathersfield, VT. Published by the Author. Isaac Eddy, Printer. 1816. 
180 pp. Now bound in 20th century brown cloth; black spine label. The 
first few signatures somewhat misaligned with the rest. Staining and 
foxing throughout, generally mild to moderate. Several short tears from 
margins; loss of several letters at pages 127/128. Overall, good.
A fairly scarce volume by Lewis Robinson, whose primary lasting legacy 
is as a successful Vermont-based map publisher. The introduction to the 
volume provides advice to teachers who are staging school exhibitions -- 
admonishing them not to "overload exhibitions with music and 
adventitious ornaments" for "the elocution and polite behavior of the 
students are the grand points to be regarded..." While most of the 
orations are obviously of American origin, the sources of the dialogues 
and poetry are less clear. It is also unclear just how many of the 
pieces are "select" as opposed to "original." Among the titles of the 
dialogues are Lecture on Criticism, Loquacity and The Triumph of Temper. 
Shaw & Shoemaker: 38820 (5 locations). McCorison: 1865. Not in 
Rosenbach. [Item no. 2749.] $550.00.

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