MAUNDER’S MINIATURE MISCELLANY
[MAUNDER, Samuel.]
[Engraved title: The Little Linguist, being a compendious Introduction to English Philology] The miniature English Grammar, carefully extracted from the most eminent modern Authors, and containing, in an epitomized Form, all the necessary Rules and Examples, intended particularly as a Companion to the Little Lexicon.
[(Engraved title:) London, Printed for the Author], [c. 1851?].
64mo (77 x 49 mm), pp. 96, 144, 134, 29, [1 (blank)], [26], with frontipiece and engraved title; with tissue guard; bound in publisher’s blue cloth, blocked in gilt, edges gilt, yellow endpapers; extremities very slightly rubbed and bumped, spine minimally darkened, but an excellent copy; early ownership inscription and ink stamp of Lady Elizabeth Stucley to front endpapers.
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[Engraved title: The Little Linguist, being a compendious Introduction to English Philology] The miniature English Grammar, carefully extracted from the most eminent modern Authors, and containing, in an epitomized Form, all the necessary Rules and Examples, intended particularly as a Companion to the Little Lexicon.
A delightful and scarce miniature guide to English grammar, touching also on foreign languages and demographics, well-preserved in its bright publishers binding.
First published around 1825, the Little Linguist was gradually expanded with a variety of independently paginated parts: The Miniature English Grammar, English Verbal Distinctions, Miscellaneous English Examples, Population Table of the Principal Countries, Provinces, Cities, &c. in the World, and A List of the Cities, Boroughs, and Market Towns. It appears that the parts were reissued and reprinted over the course of over a decade, appearing in different configurations and with varying imprints; a reference in the Population Table to the 1851 Census suggests that our copy is the latest – and fullest – of such editions.
Library Hub finds only four copies of the title in the UK, with varying collations and imprints, but none of this edition: British Library (William Cole, [c. 1825], pp. 96 only), Rylands (Darton & Co., 1847, pp. 96, 144, 134, [48]), and British Library bis and Sudbury Hall (William Mason & Son, 1836, pp. iv, [1], 4-96, 144, 134, [50]).
