Berquin, MBiblio.com
Berquin, M [Arnaud]Biblio.com
The Children's Friend.
180431989AB1804. A New Edition. Two Volumes of Four. London Printed for J.Stockdale 1804. Small Octavo 11 cm wide x 17 cm high. Volume I: Frontispiece XII 200 pages / Volume III: Frontispiece 218 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather of the early 19th century. Both Volumes firm but stronger rubbed. Good condition with only minor signs of wear but with some minor staining inside and two defects to the frontispiece of Volume III and a tear to the rear endpaper of Volume III. From the library of Richard Meade Ballymartle with manuscript entries of names in the books by the Meade family. Arnaud Berquin September 1747 in Bordeaux 21 December 1791 was a French children's author. His most famous work was L'Ami des Enfants 1782-1783 which was first translated into English albeit bowdlerised by Mary Stockdale and published in London The Looking-glass for the Mind Or Intellectual Mirror: Being an Elegant Collection of the Most Delightful Little Stories and Interesting Tales in 1783-1784 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 livesthey 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. Berquin's books helped solidify the creation of the nuclear family for "if Berquin's work has a theme it is that parents and children live in a perfect symbiosis the parents looking after their children's interests and the children if behaving properly filling their parents with joy." Wikipedia hardcover
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