George Fisher, The American Instructor, or Young Man's Best Companion

Phila.: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1748

12 mo., v, 378pp. Illus., 4 plates. Orig. full calf, blind-ruled (Miller binding 3, identified as by Stephen Potts of Philadelphia).

Franklin "undertook to modify Fisher's handbook to suit the needs of an American reading public. The changes were a mixture of good sense and shrewd journalism. BF altered the title to The American Instructor"-Miller.

WorldCat lists one Copy at Brown, RareBookHub lists one copy in 2023, 2019 (this copy), 2010. Prior to that the last copy offered was 1949. Miller, however, lists 19 copies.

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