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1799171London: Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly. 1799. Later printing. Full leather. Good. Fourth edition. Full leather over boards. 12mo Frontispiece xi 1 294pp 6 advertisements. Gift inscription to ffep in ink. Occasional Foxing. Covers show wear to edges and corners with a small open tear to front and beginning of separation of the back board at the top hinge.Berquin's stories consisted of events that might happen to children in their everyday lives. 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." Introductory essay to L'Ami des Enfans. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. books
1791C201169London: Printed for John Stockdale 1791. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Twelvemo. Professionally rebound in recent brown cloth with new endpapers lacks original prelims begins at frontis pages with slight age-toning ink name to recto of frontis otherwise very good in fine covers. Printed for John Stockdale, hardcover
1795013903NY: Printed by W. Durell 1795. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Early US edition the first printed in 1794. Contemporary full calf 8vo 6 259. A variety of juvenile names in period cursive front and rears in pencil and gift inscription in adult hand in ink on the fly dated January 2 1796 evidently to the original owner "Frances Lydy Wentworth .as a New Years Gift" with Fanny's bookplate Portsmouth on front pastedown. Calf naturally worn with chipped red leather title label at spine. Short side tears to leaves in first signature; the fly has a deeper tear which has been stitched. . Still solidly bound. Arnaud Berquin 1747 - 1791 was a French children's author. This book for which he is best known was first published in France in 1782 as "L'Ami des Enfans" then translated roughly into English by Mary Stockdale and published by her father John Stockdale in London in 1787. Although "Looking Glass" in the Anglicized title invariably recalls Lewis Carroll's Alice 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. Printed by W. Durell hardcover
179477586Providence:: Carter and Wilkinson 1794. A New Edition. old full sheep very worn at one corner and scuffed. Old ink signatures on front free endpaper and title page; top one inch of the two preliminary leaves after the title page torn away removing ownership signatures not affecting any printing; short tears to numerous leaves towards the beginning of the text which is age-toned with some light spots throughout; lower corner of two leaves torn away not affecting printing; joints partially cracked but cords holding. . 12mo. Lacking the frontispiece; engraved text illustrations attributed to John Bewick some are poor impressions. Welch 76.1 Carter and Wilkinson, unknown
179456314Providence R. Island: Carter and Wilkinson and sold at their book and stationery store opposite the Market 1794. First American edition 12mo pp. 8 252; lacking frontispiece 37 woodcut vignette woodcuts by John Bewick a few hand colored duplicate hand-colored illustration of William and Amelia on front pastedown; full original calf gilt-ruled spine with red morocco label; boards rubbed and bumped text foxed with a few tears entering from the margins no loss of letterpress small wormhole in the bottom margin of the preliminaries; good and sound. Alden 1354; Evans 26645 Hamilton 152; Welch 76.1. Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their book and stationery store, opposite the Market unknown
1787310969London: E. Newbery 1787. First edition in English. Engraved frontispiece. iv 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full speckled calf in period style morocco label. Faintest traces of foxing to prelims else fine. First edition in English. Engraved frontispiece. iv 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First London edition of this influential French children's work widely reprinted in England and in America.<br /> <br /> Translated by J. Cooper i.e. Richard Johnson: "J. Cooper" was one of the pseudonyms used by Richard Johnson. Cf. Weedon M.J.P. "Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery" in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 5th ser. v. 4 1949: 37 and 59. ESTC T90041; Osborne p. 233 note E. Newbery unknown
1796944F45London: J. F. Dove 1796 . Leather. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. An early edition of the English translation of Arnaud Berquin's charming short story collection for children. An uncommon early edition published by J. F. Dove. First translated into English from the original French in 1787.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page.A delightful collection of children's stories originally published in French and titled 'L'Ami des Enfants'.The work was hugely successful gaining Berquin recognition and success. The stories featured consist of everyday situations which occur in children's lives and emphasise the traditional family structure and its importance. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to joints back strip head and tail and board perimeters. Small loss of calf to back strip head. Hinges strained but firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd handling mark. Good J. F. Dove hardcover
1800964P48London: J. Crowder; E. Newbury 1800. Leather. Good. 7" by 4". John Bewick. An English translation of the popular tales of Berquin strikingly illustrated by John Bewick. A translation of the tales of 'L'Ami des Enfants' by Arnaud Berquin a popular anthology of entertaining and moral tales for children. 'L'Ami des Enfants' was hugely successful in both France and England gaining Berquin recognition and success. The stories featured consist of everyday situations which occur in children's lives. Their emphasis on family and structure helped gain popularity for the concept of the nuclear family.Illustrated with a total of seventy-three woodcuts by John Bewick. Prior owner has neatly hand-coloured the majority of the woodcuts.John Bewick was the younger brother of influential woodcut artist Thomas Bewick. John assisted his brother in his illustrations whilst working as an apprentice to him.The eighth edition.Bound without the final leaf of text which includes one woodcut. In a rebacked calf binding. Externally generally smart a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities resulting in a small amount of loss. A very small amount of loss to the rear board. A few light marks to the boards. Spots to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with light handling marks and a few scattered spots. Neat repair to the tail of the title page. Bound without the final leaf of text. Good J. Crowder; E. Newbury hardcover
179456314Providence R. Island: Carter and Wilkinson and sold at their book and stationery store opposite the Market 1794. First American edition 12mo pp. 8 252; lacking frontispiece 37 woodcut vignette woodcuts by John Bewick a few hand colored duplicate hand-colored illustration of William and Amelia on front pastedown; full original calf gilt-ruled spine with red morocco label; boards rubbed and bumped text foxed with a few tears entering from the margins no loss of letterpress small wormhole in the bottom margin of the preliminaries; good and sound. Alden 1354; Evans 26645 Hamilton 152; Welch 76.1. <br/><br/> Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their book and stationery store, opposite the Market hardcover books
1794441Providence: Carter and Wilkinson 1794. Bewick John. 12mo. 160 x 100 mm. 6 1/4 x 4 inches. 8 252 pp. Illustrated with 37 cuts by John Bewick. First American Edition. Contemporary calf binding with red leather spine label. Leather rubbed. Pages toned with some worming to margins. Binding sound. Hamilton calls for an engraved frontispiece by S. Hill of Boston that is not present in this copy. These morality stories for children by the French author and poet Arnaud Berquin 1747-1791 originally appeared in monthly installments in a magazine called L' Ami Des Enfans. The tales were so popular they were collected and published together in French and English. Berquin's work is notable for its realism and lack of fantasy - no castles or supernatural powers are found within these pages. He wrote with the "conviction that children should be addressed directly in language they could readily understand." Lathey Hamilton 152; Gillian Lathey The Role of Translators in Children's Literature: Invisible Storytellers New York: Routledge 2010 -- online. Carter and Wilkinson unknown books
1787310969London: E. Newbery 1787. First edition in English. Engraved frontispiece. iv 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full speckled calf in period style morocco label. Faintest traces of foxing to prelims else fine. First edition in English. Engraved frontispiece. iv 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First London edition of this influential French children's work widely reprinted in England and in America.<br/><br/>Translated by J. Cooper i.e. Richard Johnson: "J. Cooper" was one of the pseudonyms used by Richard Johnson. Cf. Weedon M.J.P. "Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery" in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 5th ser. v. 4 1949: 37 and 59. ESTC T90041; Osborne p. 233 note E. Newbery unknown books
