The school girl in france.
London.
Published by R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1840.
First edition.
8vo.
vii, [2], vi-viii, 379pp, [5]. With a half-title, and additional engraved title page, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional marginal chipping, scattered spotting.
'If your children must go to France, place them at least in the hands of Protestants. There are many such establishments there, conducted by English instructors, where they may enjoy all the advantages of a French education, combined with the far more important benefits of religious instruction, on scriptural principles.'
The apparently unrecorded first edition of a vehemently anti-Catholic novel, warning of the 'innumerable perils' of sending young girls to France to receive education in a 'Popish school'. Two further editions appeared in 1842 and 1847 respectively.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 32561
The apparently unrecorded first edition of a vehemently anti-Catholic novel, warning of the 'innumerable perils' of sending young girls to France to receive education in a 'Popish school'. Two further editions appeared in 1842 and 1847 respectively.