[Rarebooks] FS: First Theophrastan Character book printed in America. Boston: 1783

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[Bordelen, Laurent]. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TONGUE. Under These Following 
Heads... The Babler... The Jester... The Flatterer... The Swearer... The 
Tongue of Women... The Complainer... Done Out of the French. Boston: B. Edes and 
Sons. 1783. 8vo. (18),159,(1)pp. Cont. calf. Blank before the title torn. 
With the contemporary (1786) ownership signature and curious notes of one 
Hallet Gallup of New London, Conn.     $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
This is the scarce first Theophrastan character book to be printed in 
America. Theophrastan books encompass the literature of the "character" from the 
general type "the good man" to the more specific such as "the drunkard," 
"the fop," or "the flatterer." Evans 18008.

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