Continuation of the stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. Containing narratives of foreign countries and manners, and designed as an introduction to the study of voyages, travels, and history in general.
London.
Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co., 1820.
First edition.
12mo.
[4], 224pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled papers boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, later paper label to spine. Inked initials and armorial bookplate of Baldwin J. R. Bastard to FEP, frontispiece browned and spotted. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription to FFEP.
A spiritual sequel to the remarkably popular anthology of prose for young children, Stories of Old Daniel, notable for contributions provided by Irish author of female-emancipatory fiction Margaret King Moore (1773-1835).
The first collection was published in 1807 (though dated 1808) by The Juvenile Library, the London-based endeavour of William Godwin, widower of Moore's governess-mentor Mary Wollstonecraft. The book's popularity resulted in Moore providing original material for subsequent editions, the last (and fourteenth) of which appeared in 1868.
From the recently dispersed library of William St Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004).
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref: 27679
The first collection was published in 1807 (though dated 1808) by The Juvenile Library, the London-based endeavour of William Godwin, widower of Moore's governess-mentor Mary Wollstonecraft. The book's popularity resulted in Moore providing original material for subsequent editions, the last (and fourteenth) of which appeared in 1868.
From the recently dispersed library of William St Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004).
