Rare children's book in French
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Author: [Kilner, Dorothy, attrib.]
Title: L’histoire de plusieurs petits garçons & petites filles. Pour l’amusement de tous les bons enfans, agés de quatre ou cinq ans
Place Published: Á Londres
Publisher:Chez Jean Marshall & Co.
Date Published: c.1783
Description:
Author: [Kilner, Dorothy, attrib.]
Title: L’histoire de plusieurs petits garçons & petites filles. Pour l’amusement de tous les bons enfans, agés de quatre ou cinq ans
Place Published: Á Londres
Publisher:Chez Jean Marshall & Co.
Date Published: c.1783
Description:
69, [3] pp. (incl. integral pastedowns). A-C12. With 22 woodcut illustrations including the frontispiece. 10x8.7 cm. (4x3¼"), period floral boards.
Rare little children's book in French, published in London, a translation of "History of a great many little boys and girls of four and five years of age." The publisher, John Marshall and Co., was active between 1779 and 1789. OCLC/WorldCat lists only three copies, at UCLA, Princeton, and the University of Southern Mississippi; ESTC lists three copies at UCLA (perhaps multiple listings of the same copy?), the University of Southern Mississippi copy, and one at the Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library (Ohio).
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Some rubbing and extremity wear to covers, spine strip perished; a few leaves loose within; very good overall, in custom-made folding cloth box.
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Rare children's book in French
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