Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations Calculated to Regulate the Affections, and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness. -

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viii, (4), 177 pages, 5 engraved plates (of 6), (3) pages (advertisements), goldtooled contemporary leather binding, goldtooled leather label to the back, colored edges, 17,5 x 10 cm. Second edition of the only children's book of school founder, iconic feminist and author Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). At the same time the first edition to mention the author's name and the first illustrated edition. With five plates engraved by William Blake (one being the frontispice); alas lacking a sixth plate (the one to face page 24). Otherwise complete. - Provenance 1.: Institut [?] (owner's mark from an old hand on the front flying leaf; not identified). - Provenance 2.: Michael Rothacker 1952 (owner's mark on the front flying leaf). - Some wear to the leather; the joints with some fixed tears and a small piece of leather missing to the back board near the spine; some rather decent foxing to the inside; the end papers with some shadowing of the paste-down glue; some pages dog-eared. Otherwise and all in all a good copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 90921HB

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