Maria Elizabeth Budden — Nursery Morals, Chiefly in Monosyllables

London, J. Harris, 1825 . Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is the third edition of Maria Elizabeth Budden's scarce collection of didactic moral tales for young children. The third edition of this scarce work, which was first published in 1818.Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates. The frontispiece and six further plates partially hand coloured by a prior owner. Collated, complete.Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper. Advertisements to the rear.A delightful collection of short moral tales for young children from novelist, translator and writer of didactic children's books Maria Elizabeth Budden. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Light fading to back strip, with rubbing to back strip head and tail, and minor loss of calf to back strip head. Head of front joint starting, with board slightly tender. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding strained to the first half, but firmly held to the rear. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. One plate detached and loosely inserted. Frontispiece and six plates partially hand coloured by a prior owner. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .