The Elegant Girl, or Virtuous Principles the true source of elegant manners ... and a poem called The Mother. London: for the Proprietor by S. Inman, [1817]. 2° (345 x 245mm). Engraved title with hand-coloured vignette by Alais and 12 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates (title browned and stained and repaired at margins, marginal repairs throughout, occasional light spotting), modern red half morocco gilt. Apparently not in BMC.

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The Elegant Girl, or Virtuous Principles the true source of elegant manners ... and a poem called The Mother. London: for the Proprietor by S. Inman, [1817]. 2° (345 x 245mm). Engraved title with hand-coloured vignette by Alais and 12 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates (title browned and stained and repaired at margins, marginal repairs throughout, occasional light spotting), modern red half morocco gilt. Apparently not in BMC.

拍品專文

"In physical terms, this is probably the most sumptuous hand-coloured children's book of the pre-Victorian period" (Alderson & Moon, Childhood Re-Collected 1994).