Recueil choisi de traits historiques et de contes moraux: avec la signification des mots en anglois au bas de chaque page. A l'usage des jeunes gens, de l'un et de l'autre sexe, qui veulent apprendre le francois.
A Londres [i.e. London].
Chez J. Johnson et al., 1799.
Sixieme edition [i.e. sixth edition].
12mo.
viii, 292pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf. Extremities rubbed, joints cracked, upper board held by cords only. Ink ownership inscription to verso of FFEP; 'Jane Birkbeck / Lynn / 1800', offsetting to title-page, short tear to margin of Q5, occasional ink-spotting to text, marginal marking.
A compilation, first printed in 1785, of historical and moral tales designed to inspire a juvenile readership to both virtuous behaviour and an appreciation of the French language, by tutor and founder of the Alfred House Academy, Camberwell, Nicolas Wanostrocht (1745-1812).
ESTC T118213.
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref: 16193
