Gustavus; or, the macaw. A story to teach children the proper value of things

[FISCHER, Gottlob Eusebius]

Verlag: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, London, 1814

Beschreibung

174pp, [6]. With an engraved frontispiece and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities marked and worn, surface loss to spine and upper board. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, loss and early pen-trials to RFEP. The first edition in English of a translation from the German of Gottlob Eusebius Fischer's Gustav oder der Papagey (Leipzig, 1795); a charming tale in which, against the advice of his pastor father, a young boy, Gustavus, purchases a flamboyant but utterly useless macaw with which he has become infatuated. His preoccupation with the purposeless parrot inexorably leads to the neglect of his studies, the loss of friendships, and, most drastically, his failure to promptly obtain medical assistance for his unwell father. Soon thereafter, thanks to the ineptitude and general idiocy of a local boy, the blundering bird is placed in a sack for transportation in which it promptly suffocates. Size: 12mo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ27030

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Gustavus; or, the macaw. A story to teach ...

Verlag: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1814

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First edition.