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Select stories for the instruction and entertainment of children

Title: Select stories for the instruction and entertainment of children / from the French of M. Berquin ; embellished with four copper-plates.
Author: Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791.
Publication: London : Printed for J. Stockdale, Piccadilly : J.F. and C. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard : B. Law, Ave-Maria-Lane : J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard : C. Dilly, Poultry : J. Murray, Fleet-Street : J. Sewell, Cornhill ; Edinburgh : and W. Creech, 1791.

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Description

xii, 300 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill.; 19 cm. (12mo)

Subjects

Juvenile literature > England > London > 1791
Moral education

Genre/Form

Juvenile literature – England – London – 1791.

Note

Selections from the 4 vol. translation of L'ami des enfants, published by Stockdale, ca. 1786.
At foot of t.p.: [Price 3s. bound.]
Translated by Lucas Williams, cf. Osborne Coll. II, p. 861.
Engravings after the illustrations of M. Brown; engraved by Skelton and one plate by Foot. Engravings dated August 25, 1787.
Signatures: A⁶B-N¹²O⁶.
Publisher's advertisement, p. 300.

Indexed In (note)

ESTC

Provenance (note)

Inscribed: in ink on title page, "Elisa Hatha. Martineaus."

Binding (note)

Bound in half leather, green cloth spine.

Call Number

*KH 1791 Berquin 11-6

OCLC

21289568

Author

Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791.

Title

Select stories for the instruction and entertainment of children / from the French of M. Berquin ; embellished with four copper-plates.

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Stockdale, Piccadilly : J.F. and C. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard : B. Law, Ave-Maria-Lane : J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard : C. Dilly, Poultry : J. Murray, Fleet-Street : J. Sewell, Cornhill ; Edinburgh : and W. Creech, 1791.

Edition

2nd ed.

Indexed In:

ESTC N036289

Provenance

Inscribed: in ink on title page, "Elisa Hatha. Martineaus."

Binding

Bound in half leather, green cloth spine. NN

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Added Author

Williams, Lucas, Esq.

Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814. Bookseller

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1791 Berquin 11-6

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