Item #14414 An Apology for Schoole-Masters : London 1916. Thomas Morrice.
An Apology for Schoole-Masters : London 1916
An Apology for Schoole-Masters : London 1916

An Apology for Schoole-Masters : London 1916

Amsterdam: Walter J Johnson / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1976.

Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #14414
ISBN: 9022108171

Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of the 1619 edition printed by Bernard Alsop for Richard Flemming, London, S.T.C. no. 18170. At a time when royalty, nobility, and gentry educated their children using private tutors, Morrice "deplored the low level of attainment of family tutors, glorified the work, urge the tutors to make their qualifications sounder, and to render themselves deserving of higher payment and recognition." - Foster Watson, "Was Shakespeare A Schoolmaster?", The Nineteenth Century And After magazine, October 1920, page 645. ; The English Experience, Its Record In Early Printed Books Published In Facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 817; [65] pages.

Price: $69.95

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