The Club: Or a Grey-cap for a Green-head. Containing Maxims, Advice and Cautions, Being a Dialogue Between a Father and Son.

By James Puckle

Published:  John King and Thomas King, London, 1733.

xii, 179pp. Copper engraved portrait frontis. Page 64 misnumbered as 46. Full leather binding.  Front board and ffep are detached.  The first edition was printed in 1723.

Advice from a father to son, with delightful index including topics such as Abilities, Atoms, Covetousness, Gluttony, Dotage, Ingratitude, Justice, Scandal, Respect, Strife, Time, Youth & Zany. Dedicated to three London merchants, including one who traded with Virginia, named Richard Perry. 

SCARCE title.  Not Ex-Lib.

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