The New Instructor, Being the Second Part of the American Spelling-Book. Designed for the Use of our common Schools; and an easy Introduction to the Art of Spelling and reading the English Language with Propriety. Comprising a Selection of more than 3,000 words, divided, accented, defined, and their approved pronunciation pointed out: with instructive and entertaining reading lessons; include a concise catechetical treatise upon Orthography, and the simple parts of Geography, Compiled by Asa Rhodes, Printed by Daniel Lawrence, Stanford, 1804, The Second Edition, 238 pp plus table, 7 x 4.5”, 16mo. 

In fair condition. Boards are rather worn with chipping, soiling and significant loss at rear board. Leather spine is cracked, chipped and missing bottom two segments. Binding exposed. Worm holes along front gutter. Previous owner’s names scattered throughout in old hand. Text block is toned and somewhat soiled. Binding quite fragile. Remains a readable copy despite aesthetic flaws. Please see photos. 

Printed by Daniel Lawrence in Duchess County, New York. He received a brief mention in Douglas McMurtie’s History of Printing. “Particularly interesting is the press of Stanford, a Quaker community in Duchess County, where Daniel Lawrence began to print in 1802. In this year, he printed the American Spelling-Book by Asa Rhodes..” 

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