Webster's Reciter; or Elocution Made Easy. Plainly Showing the Proper Attitudes of the Figure, the Various Expressions of the Face, and the Different Inflexions and Modulations of the Voice. Clearly Explained by Numerous Engravings ...

New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. "Each individual will find that the perusal and study of this book, though it may fail to render him a Demosthenes or a Cicero - will yet so quicken and improve his natural gifts that his one talent may be increased to ten; he will find his attitude more graceful; his gestures more expressive, his voice more powerful, and his whole physical powers improved" (preface). Very good in purple cloth boards with gilt title to front cover and spine. Gilt illustration of a Grecian man to front cover. Fraying and wear to spine ends, edges of boards, and corners. Occasional spots of foxing and soiling to interior, but clean overall. Previous ownership markings in pen to first two endpapers. Small chips and creasing to some pages. Includes 15 illustrations including grief, dislike, modesty, cursing, patriotism, invocation, and more. 192 Pages. DRA/010220. (Inventory #: 33771)