Various — L&Apos;Ami Des Petits Enfans

Paris, Pierre Blanchard, 1828. Leather. An anthology of short stories for children in French, strikingly illustrated with hand-coloured plates. Two volumes bound in one.In the original French.A collection of short tales for children by Arnaud Berquin, J. H. Campe, and Pierre Blanchard.Including 'L'AMour de Dieu et de ses Parens', 'Le Nid de Moineaux', 'Combien l'Obeissance est Necessaire', 'La Petite Fille a Moustaches', 'Jolie Naivete d'un Enfant', 'Les Macons sur l'Echelle', 'Les Fleurs', 'L'Oiseau de Bon Dieu', and more. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece and hand-coloured engraved titles to each volume, in addition to two hand-coloured plates to each volume.Fourth edition stated to the engraved titles, sixth edition stated to the typed title pages. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Gift inscription to the verso of the title page of Volume I. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .