Moral Views; or the Telescope, for Children.
[ROBERTS, MARGARET].
From Stuart Bennett Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, Charleston, SC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 5, 2006
From Stuart Bennett Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, Charleston, SC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 5, 2006
About this Item
v, [i], 171, [1]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece, "The Little Wanderer"; a single-word inscription on the blank recto of frontispiece slightly showing through in the upper margin; some browning. Original black roan-backed buff boards; slightly worn, no front free endpaper. "The Fourth Edition," first published in 1804. The Dartons has a substantial note on this work, quoting a passage in which an older character laments the coming of Sunday School - "the poor children go moping to church twice a day" - and remarking Mrs. Trimmer s objection to a polytheistic fairy tale called "The Golden Age." The Dartons G814(4); Moon, John Harris, 720(4). OCLC records five copies of this edition: British Library, Bodleian, Florida (lacking all after p. 144), Lilly, and Southern Mississippi. Seller Inventory # 13972
Bibliographic Details
Title: Moral Views; or the Telescope, for Children.
Publisher: London: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 55, Gracechurch-Street; Law and Whitaker, Avemaria Lane; and J. Harris, St. Paul s Church-Yard, 1816.
Binding: Hardcover
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