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1795réf. 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
1814réf. 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
1787réf. 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 books
réf. 8562New York: Evert Duyckinck 1807. 12 mo 7" x 4.25" original full tree calf morocco title stamp. Illus. title iv 203 pp. wood engravings throughout some hand-colored later with varying quality. Early Ownership inscription of one "Catharine Floyd. Sen" in ink on ffep and on title reading "C. Floyd." CONDITION: Very good some wear at extremities splitting at front inner and outer hinges but binding intact cracked inner front hinge but still mostly attached one sprung gathering pgs. 195-202. With Wood engravings by Alexander Anderson the "father of American wood-engraving." Alexander Anderson 1775-1870 was born in New York the son of Sarah Lockwood and John Anderson the publisher of the rebel newspaper The Constitutional Gazette. His artistic ability became evident at an early age and he soon developed a strong sense of art as a vocation. Nevertheless his parents prevailed on him to study medicine apprenticing him to Doctor Joseph Young at the age of fourteen. In 1795 he was appointed resident physician at Bellevue Hospital during a yellow fever epidemic. The treatment options being limited he witnessed many perish. Things turned worse still during another epidemic in 1798 during which he lost his wife infant child both parents his brother and most of his friends to the disease. Anderson left medicine soon afterwards and entered the field of professional engraving enjoying a long and highly productive career. Anderson's contribution to the visual culture of the nineteenth century was enormous his wood engravings or stereotypes from them illustrating countless publications. REFERENCES: Shaw and Shoemaker 12111; Welch 76.9. New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1807 unknown books
réf. 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
1848réf. 70609Baltimore Md.: T. Newton Kurtz No. 151 Pratt Street 1848. One of four Baltimore editions 1844-1848. 24mo. 216 pp. Many in-text illustrations. "Thirty-seven eighteenth-century stories in which virtue always triumphs over vice and hardship" OCLC. All four of the editions are uncommon. Original embossed green cloth gilt spine title and decorations. Scattered foxing else very good. T. Newton Kurtz, No. 151 Pratt Street unknown books
1794réf. 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 books
1848réf. 64449Baltimore Md.: T. Newton Kurtz No. 151 Pratt Street 1848. 16mo. 15 cm. 216 pp. with numerous small vignettes by Anderson. Original brown blind stamped cloth with gilt decoration and title on spine. Slight wear to ends and corners some scattered foxing contemporary owner's signature on front endpaper. No copies listed in Maryland. T. Newton Kurtz, No. 151 Pratt Street unknown books
1799réf. 171London: Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly. 1799. Full leather. Good. Fourth edition. Full leather over boards. 12mo Frontispiece xi 1 294pp 6 advertisements. Gift inscription to ffep in ink. Occasional Foxing. Covers show wear to edges and corners with a small open tear to front and beginning of separation of the back board at the top hinge.Berquin's stories consisted of events that might happen to children in their everyday lives. His books envision childhood reading as a familial exercise; for example some of his "stories" are actually plays with parts for every member of the family. Berquin's books helped solidify the creation of the nuclear family for "if Berquin's work has a theme it is that parents and children live in a perfect symbiosis the parents looking after their children's interests and the children if behaving properly filling their parents with joy." - Introductory essay to L'Ami des Enfans. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. unknown books
1783réf. 14663The Children's Friend T. Cadell & P. Elmsley 1783 xvi 143 pages first edition a fine copy rebound in full calf with vg contents. The first book in the series. T. Cadell & P. Elmsley unknown books
1838réf. 010009Philadelphia: Henry Perkins 1838. First Edition. Publisher's Binding. VG-. Scarce American publication derived from Berquin's "L'Ami Enfans' constituting an instructional manual for young people using French drama especially Moliere to elucidate moral and historical principle. 12mo 330 pages in original publisher's binding pebbled cloth and gilt-ruled leather spine. Some loss at spine head still firmly bound. Internal spotting here and there but overall a solid unsophisticated original binding. "From the publisher" pencilled on ffe. 20thC bookplate pastedown. OCLC lists only 3 copies. Henry Perkins unknown books
1832réf. 82221832. Anderson Alexander. Anderson Alexander. JUVENILE. Berquin Arnaud. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror. Philadelphia: Alexander Towar and Hogan & Thompson 1832. 216 p. Woodcut illustrations by Alexander Anderson. Contemporary sheep. Worn and lacking front cover. American Imprints 11297. unknown books
réf. 002034Paris: Henri Laurens. Cloth. Very Good. 4to. vii 137 iv 171 pp. with many illustrations in both works some color chromotypographic. The lesser known of the two works is a play by Berquin. The Bookplate of Rodman Wanamaker in the second volume. Clean with age toned pages. Buckram cloth binding has light wear. Henri Laurens unknown books
1795réf. 178019La Haye: I. van Cleef 1795. Hardcover. G- wear on case and especially hinges front board missing inscription on flyleaf some staining at extremities some pages creased otherwise tight clean and readable. Three-quarter leather binding with 6 compartments gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamp on cover. 394 pp. incidental engravings throughout. French. Stories for children written by renowned French children's author Arnaud Berquin 1747-1791. Berquin's stories are known for their focus on everyday life rather than containing fairy tales or other imaginary elements; in addition the stories are designed for family reading in which both children and parents participate. I. van Cleef hardcover books
1805réf. 189878Netherlands; Hague: A La Haye: Chez les héritiers de Isaac van Cleef 1805. Softcover. VG- light shelfwear to wraps pages are age toned as expected but otherwise clear and clean. Bound in light blue paper wraps; 404 pp two bw engravings. Text is in French. A book on the conduct of life of children. A La Haye: Chez les héritiers de Isaac van Cleef paperback books
1802réf. 004886Paris: Chez Leprieur 1802. Half Calf. Very Good. 12mo. 17 by 10 cm. 144 pp. Moderate foxing throughout. A few pages repaired. Still a handsome copy. Chez Leprieur unknown books
1803réf. 192559Paris: Renouard 1803. Hardcover. Good - Boards are very worn; spine strip is detatched from front cover; spine strip is chipped and worn; bookmark is deteriorated at the end; covers are heavily shelfworn; inner hinge is cracked; text block is foxed and age-toned; pages are age-toned and foxed; text block is solid. Three-quarter light brown bound leather with marbled paper-covered boards; spine strip has gilt lettering and illustration and a red mounted title card; frontispiece with tissue guard; green cloth ribbon bookmark; 166 pp. Text in French. This is volume XVIII of the "Oeuvres Completes de Berquin" or "The Complete Works of Berquin." Renouard hardcover books
1820réf. 189803Paris: Le Prieur 1820. 8th Edition. Hardcover. Good light age toning to boards; age toned pages text and illustrations otherwise clean and clear binding secure. Marble illustrated paper over boards; bw illustrated frontispiece; 191 pp; bw illustrations. Text is in French. Tales Historiettes and Conversations for the Use of Children Who Begin to Read Correctly. Le Prieur hardcover books
1800réf. 189596Paris: P.C. Lehuby 1800. 3rd ed. Hardcover. Good binding is secure pages age toned as expected page 79-80 has a portion of the page ripped out light foxing spots but pages are otherwise clear and clean. Tan blue and burgundy marble illustrated paper over boards handwritten title on white title block on spine; 212 pp; bw illustrated frontispiece bw illustrated title page bw plates. Text in French. Tales and Historiettes from L'Ami des Enfants. P.C. Lehuby hardcover books
