Berquin, [Arnaud]Livre Rare Book
BERQUIN, ArnaudBiblio.com
L'Ami des Enfans
1794103626London: J. Stockdale et al 1794. Nouvelle edition. Full-Leather. Good. 4 vols.: Vol. 1: iv 207; Vol. 2: 206; Vol. 3: 235 ads; Vol. 4: 212 ads. 18 cm. Full leather with gold impressing on spines. Some scratches worn corners. Most boards loosening but attached. Bookplates for "Francis Enys Truro Cornwall" on front pastedowns. Volume 1 has slightly chipped spine tail and volume 4 slightly chipped at head. Pencil notes rear pastedown of volume 1. Volume 3 has worm holes inside front board and first few pages. All pages bright and clean. French text. <br/><br/>Arnaud Berquin 1747-1791 was a French children's author. This is his most famous work first published 1782-3. It was also translated into English albeit bowdlerised by Mary Stockdale and published in London in 1783-4 by Mary's father John Stockdale. The work remained popular until the middle of the nineteenth century. 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. 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. J. Stockdale et al hardcover
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