An Account of Several Work-Houses for Employing and Maintaining the Poor; Setting forth The Rules by

An Account of Several Work-Houses for Employing and Maintaining the Poor; Setting forth The Rules by which they are Governed, Their great Usefulness to the Publick, and in Particular To the Parishes where they are Erected. As also of Several Charity Schools for Promoting Work, and Labour. The Second Edition very much Enlarged. London: Printed by Jos. Downing, 1732. 8vo (196 x 125mm). Folding double-page table, headpieces and initials (some light spotting and staining to last few leaves, otherwise exceptionally clean and fresh internally). [?]Contemporary reverse calf (upper joints split, lightly rubbed). Provenance: Stephen Darby (old signature on front pastedown); old manuscript list on front free endpaper. The author is unknown.