One of the scarcer of the many editions of this book. The advertisement reads: \"The present abridgement was suggested by the Heads of some of our Principal Schools. It was thought, that the substance of the Roman History, thrown into easy Narrative, might excite the curiosity of youth more agreeably, than in the dry mode of Question and Answer: a mode calculated, one might suppose, to interrupt the Reader and to turn into Talk, a species of instruction meant surely for Entertainment.\"Good condition for age. No highlighting or other notes. Title page is missing (torn out?) Gilt lettering on cover is faded and the cover itself is mottled and discoloured, though with strong hinges.