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1794ref. 77586Providence:: Carter and Wilkinson 1794. A New Edition. old full sheep very worn at one corner and scuffed. Old ink signatures on front free endpaper and title page; top one inch of the two preliminary leaves after the title page torn away removing ownership signatures not affecting any printing; short tears to numerous leaves towards the beginning of the text which is age-toned with some light spots throughout; lower corner of two leaves torn away not affecting printing; joints partially cracked but cords holding. . 12mo. Lacking the frontispiece; engraved text illustrations attributed to John Bewick some are poor impressions. Welch 76.1 Carter and Wilkinson, unknown
1794ref. 56314Providence R. Island: Carter and Wilkinson and sold at their book and stationery store opposite the Market 1794. First American edition 12mo pp. 8 252; lacking frontispiece 37 woodcut vignette woodcuts by John Bewick a few hand colored duplicate hand-colored illustration of William and Amelia on front pastedown; full original calf gilt-ruled spine with red morocco label; boards rubbed and bumped text foxed with a few tears entering from the margins no loss of letterpress small wormhole in the bottom margin of the preliminaries; good and sound. Alden 1354; Evans 26645 Hamilton 152; Welch 76.1. Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their book and stationery store, opposite the Market unknown
1787ref. 310969London: E. Newbery 1787. First edition in English. Engraved frontispiece. iv 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full speckled calf in period style morocco label. Faintest traces of foxing to prelims else fine. First edition in English. Engraved frontispiece. iv 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First London edition of this influential French children's work widely reprinted in England and in America. Translated by J. Cooper i.e. Richard Johnson: "J. Cooper" was one of the pseudonyms used by Richard Johnson. Cf. Weedon M.J.P. "Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery" in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 5th ser. v. 4 1949: 37 and 59. ESTC T90041; Osborne p. 233 note E. Newbery unknown
ref. 119000Limoges Eugène Ardant et Cie. c. 1880. 175 pages. 1 feuillet. 18x11 Cm. Pleine toile à grains de couleur gris mastic ornée de fers noirs en encadrement des plats au centre du premier se trouve un ex-praemio de l'Institution bordelaise de Mmes Dufau. Tranches rouges. L'ouvrage comprend huit récits orientés vers la morale et qui s'adressent plus particulièrement aux filles : 'La petite glaneuse' 'Si les hommes ne te voient pas Dieu te voit' 'Les petites couturières' Ce titre a paru dans la "Bibliothèque Rose. Rousseurs éparses. Exemplaire très bien conservé. Limoges, Eugène Ardant et Cie. (c. 1880). unknown
ref. 21426CHILDREN'S BOOKS BERQUIN Arnaud. THE LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE MIND OR THE JUVENILE FRIEND. Philadelphia: John Bioren 1805. 12mo. Contemporary full sheep. 271 pages. Second edition. Shaw and Shoemaker 7977. A popular American children's book in America with seventy-three woodblock illustrations by Alexander Anderson. Lacking frontispiece. Some foxing as usual; most illustrations have been crudely colored. unknown books
1795ref. 013903NY: Printed by W. Durell 1795. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Early US edition the first printed in 1794. Contemporary full calf 8vo 6 259. A variety of juvenile names in period cursive front and rears in pencil and gift inscription in adult hand in ink on the fly dated January 2 1796 evidently to the original owner "Frances Lydy Wentworth .as a New Years Gift" with Fanny's bookplate Portsmouth on front pastedown. Calf naturally worn with chipped red leather title label at spine. Short side tears to leaves in first signature; the fly has a deeper tear which has been stitched. . Still solidly bound. Arnaud Berquin 1747 - 1791 was a French children's author. This book for which he is best known was first published in France in 1782 as "L'Ami des Enfans" then translated roughly into English by Mary Stockdale and published by her father John Stockdale in London in 1787. Although "Looking Glass" in the Anglicized title invariably recalls Lewis Carroll's Alice Berquin's stories consisted of events that might happen to children in their everyday lives-they did not contain fairy tales or other imaginative literature. Printed by W. Durell hardcover books
1814ref. 159456London 1814. hardcover. very good. 74 charming woodcuts by I. Bewick. 16mo occasional foxing full diced blue calf gilt ornamented spine. London: John Harris 1814. Very good. Translated from "L'Ami des Enfans". In the stories "virtue is constantly represented as the fountain of happiness and vice as the source of every evil." unknown books
1795ref. 013903NY: Printed by W. Durell 1795. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Early US edition the first printed in 1794. Contemporary full calf 8vo 6 259. A variety of juvenile names in period cursive front and rears in pencil and gift inscription in adult hand in ink on the fly dated January 2 1796 evidently to the original owner "Frances Lydy Wentworth .as a New Years Gift" with Fanny's bookplate Portsmouth on front pastedown. Calf naturally worn with chipped red leather title label at spine. Short side tears to leaves in first signature; the fly has a deeper tear which has been stitched. . Still solidly bound. Arnaud Berquin 1747 - 1791 was a French children's author. This book for which he is best known was first published in France in 1782 as "L'Ami des Enfans" then translated roughly into English by Mary Stockdale and published by her father John Stockdale in London in 1787. Although "Looking Glass" in the Anglicized title invariably recalls Lewis Carroll's Alice Berquin's stories consisted of events that might happen to children in their everyday lives-they did not contain fairy tales or other imaginative literature. Printed by W. Durell hardcover
1825ref. z09605New York: Evert Duyckinck 1825. Later edition. Hardcover. Good. 1825. Later edition. Hardcover in full contemporary calf with gilt and morocco title. 216pp illustrated with wood engravings by Alexander Anderson. Good. Lacks front endpapers. Small chip to morocco label. Shallow loss to spine head. Front inner hinge neatly repaired. Ownership signatures to front and rear pastedown. Foxing through out. Contents remain intact and the binding sound. Housed in mylar. Includes morality tales based around the strength of family ties for children translated from the original French work by Arnaud Berquin. Evert Duyckinck hardcover
ref. 21426CHILDREN'S BOOKS BERQUIN Arnaud. THE LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE MIND OR THE JUVENILE FRIEND. Philadelphia: John Bioren 1805. 12mo. Contemporary full sheep. 271 pages. Second edition. Shaw and Shoemaker 7977. A popular American children's book in America with seventy-three woodblock illustrations by Alexander Anderson. Lacking frontispiece. Some foxing as usual; most illustrations have been crudely colored. unknown
1814ref. 159456London 1814. hardcover. very good. 74 charming woodcuts by I. Bewick. 16mo occasional foxing full diced blue calf gilt ornamented spine. London: John Harris 1814. Very good. Translated from "L'Ami des Enfans". In the stories "virtue is constantly represented as the fountain of happiness and vice as the source of every evil." unknown
(Milano, F. Stella), prima metà del sec. XIX. Due incisioni in rame (foglio: mm. 130 x 160) realizzate per l'"Amico dei fanciulli recato in italiano" (tomo VI, Parte I) dello scrittore per l'infanzia Arnaud Berquin (1749-1791). Opera popolarissima che ebbe grande diffusione in Francia e numerose traduzioni all'estero.
(Milano, F. Stella), prima metà del sec. XIX. Due incisioni in rame (foglio: mm. 110 x 160) realizzate a corredo dell'"Amico dei fanciulli recato in italiano" (tomi V, Parte II e VII, P. I) dello scrittore per l'infanzia Arnaud Berquin (1749-1791): opera popolarissima che ebbe grande diffusione in Francia e numerose traduzioni all'estero.
(Milano, F. Stella), prima metà del sec. XIX. Due incisioni in rame (foglio: mm. 100 x 160) realizzata per l'"Amico dei fanciulli recato in italiano" (tomo VI, Parte I, II) dello scrittore per l'infanzia Arnaud Berquin (1749-1791): opera popolarissima che ebbe grande diffusione in Francia e numerose traduzioni. Minimi difetti.
(Milano, F. Stella), prima metà del sec. XIX. Due incisioni in rame (foglio: mm. 130 x 170) realizzate per l'"Amico dei fanciulli recato in italiano" (tomi V, parte II e VI, parte I) dello scrittore per l'infanzia Arnaud Berquin (1749-1791): opera popolarissima che ebbe grande diffusione in Francia e numerose traduzioni all'estero.