429 pages, illustrated.The front end paper has been glued to the front paste down and the half title page is partially detached at the head. A clean, unmarked and solid copy with decorative gilt spine and front board. "Thomas Day (aka Thomas Daye III; 22 June 1748 - 28 September 1789) was a British author and abolitionist. He was well known for the book The History of Sandford and Merton (1783-1789) which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals, for his writings against slavery, for campaigning both for and against American independence, and for his project applying his educational ideals to young girls with the aim of raising a wife for himself." (Wikipedia)