Education

1792 · 61094 — London: Printed for W. Osborne and Mozley and Co. Gainesborough 1792. 12mo. xii 374 pp. Woodcut-engraved vignette on title. Contemporary calf backed in vellum gilt & red morocco spine label worn scuffing edgewear wear to corners w/o 4 plates still a good sound reference copy. Revised & expanded edition of this popular work first compiled by Anne Fisher 1719-1778 who not only ran “The Printing Press†with her husband Thomas Slack but also operated Fisher’s School for girls in St. Nicholas churchyard Newcastle presumably educating all nine of their daughters as well. This pioneering educator and successful author is perhaps best remembered as the first female Grammarian and her New Grammar which was first published in 1745 would eventually see 40 different editions. Her educational textbooks including this volume as well as the New English Tutor New English Exercise Book and An Accurate New Spelling Dictionary were a significant contribution to education for young women in the 18th- and 19th-Centuries. See: Sarah Collins Barbara Crosbie Adrian Green Matthew Grenby & Helen Williams Symposium on Anne Fisher Literary & Philosophical Society in Newcastle Dec. 10 2019. Printed for W. Osborne, and Mozley and Co., Gainesborough, hardcover