The new children's friend: or, pleasing incitements to wisdom and virtue; conveyed through the medium of anecdote, tale, and adventure, calculated to entertain, fortify, and improve the juvenile mind. Translated chiefly from the german

[NEW CHILDREN'S FRIEND]

Verlag: Printed by J. Swan and Co.for Vernor and Hood.and Darton and Harvey, London, 1800

Beschreibung

viii, 171pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's green vellum-backed marbled boards. Extremities rubbed, lettering-piece worn, some loss to foot of spine, corners bumped. Frontispiece naively hand-coloured, leaves B3-4 inverted, occasional spotting. A compilation of anonymous instructive and stimulating stories for children, purportedly â translated chiefly from the Germanâ . First printed in 1798, the selection includes a tale designed to encourage religious tolerance â The compassionate Jewâ , and another devoted to inspiring familial devotion: â The father redeemed from slavery by his sonâ , a narrative in which a young man ransoms his father from servitude following his capture by pirates off the 'Moorish' coast of Morocco. All editions are scarce, this fourth being no exception. ESTC locates copies at three locations in the British Isles (BL, NLS, and Oxford), and none elsewhere. Darton G699 (3), ESTC T89153. Size: 12mo.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ25603

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The new children's friend: or, pleasing incitements to wisdom and virtue; conveyed through the medium of anecdote, tale, and adventure, calculated to entertain, fortify, and improve the juvenile mind. Translated chiefly from the german
• Verlag: Printed by J. Swan and Co.for Vernor and Hood.and Darton and Harvey, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1800
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: Fourth edition.