"The Road to Knowledge; or, Young Man & Women's Best Friend: being a plan of General Instruction, As far as relates to the Useful Pursuits and Purposes of Life.
Consisting of a Concise, yet Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language; A Series of Letters on Subjects yielding both Information and Amusement; and the Four First Rules of Arithmetic, Exhibited in Examples so plain and intelligible, as to be acquired with the utmost Ease.

Calculated for Both Sexes. To Which are added, As more immediately adapted to the Attention of Young Men, the Nature and Operations of Bills of Exchange; Bills of Sale; Bonds; Obligations; Notes; Letters of Attorney; Letters of Credit; Writs; Warrants; Arrests; Subpoenas; Summonses; General Releases; Deeds of Gift; Conveyances, And Various Other Instruments of Writing; With the precise Forms in which many of them are drawn up.

To the Whole are Subjoined, Geographical Sketches; Comprehending the Rise and Progress of Geography; with an Explanation of Geographical Terms, and a Description of the several Kingdoms and States of Europe."

By George Stapleton, Late English Preceptor at Paris and at Brussels, Printed by J. Adlard, and sold by W. Trepass, London, 1797. Entered at Stationers' Hall; illustrated with engraved frontispiece.

Hard boards, original leather with a label on spine [leather wear, creases between spine and boards, leather damages on spine, the boards are attached: see photos]; 4.1/4" x 7"; inscription on the front endpaper, copper engraved frontispiece; 171 pages + publisher's add, high quality laid paper, very good condition.

Being primarily a textbook of useful knowledge that can be applied in everyday life and business, this book offers a detailed information on British way of life and culture of the 1790s.

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