BLOSSOMS OF MORALITY Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies & Gentlemen.

Published by E. Newbery / Elizabeth Newbery, London, 1801

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12mo, x, 221 pages, contemporary full sheep, joints repaired. Scarce. (No auction records for this edition since 1894!). Covers detached, one section split, in a protective archival box. With 47 wood engravings by John Bewick - his final work. The first edition of this text appeared without illustrations in 1789. The 1796 edition was illustrated - but very, very different than as here. [ Osborne Collection I:p.268 - this ed.]. Printed by J. Crowder. Based on Berquin's "L'ami des enfans."--Cf. Carpenter's The Oxford companion to children's literature. I count 46 headpieces, tailpieces with the named "I. Bewick" cut on the title-page. This copy may be lacking a frontispiece (cut 47?). Here, in addition to stories, are moral reflections of or by Lady Heathcote, Dr. Chamberlaine, Madam Lenox, Sir John Chesterfield, Dr.Sterne.

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Title
BLOSSOMS OF MORALITY Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies & Gentlemen.
Author
Johnson, Richard. (Editor); John Bewick
Publisher
E. Newbery / Elizabeth Newbery, London
Publication year
1801
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Third edition, enlarged.
Seller catalogs
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT::General, Children Juvenile, CONDUCT OF LIFE, john bewick, JUVENILE NONFICTION::Social Issues::General

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Joyce And Company, established 1975, works out of an office near Chicago's Loop. There are usually 15-20,000 books on-site and available for browsing. Mr. Joyce was a founding partner of the former Chicago Rare Book Center, of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Proprietor Tom Joyce appeared regularly as the book appraiser on "The Appraisal Fair", seen on Home And Garden Television, HGTV. We still do appraisals on a wide variety of subjects, from literature to history, fine books, children's, presses, theology, law, medicine, maps, autographs. These topics are reflected in our inventory, and much more, including Sherlockiana. In addition to regional institutions nearby Chicago and Illinois, we have been able to place rare materials with the American Antiquarian Society, The Library of Congress, The Bodleian Library, Harvard and Yale Universities, the Presidential Libraries of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, et cetera. …

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