ELLIOTT, Mary Belson. Rural Employments; or a Peep into Village Concerns. Designed to instruct the minds of Children, London: William Darton, 1820. 12° (130 x 77mm). Engraved frontispiece and 16 plates. (Some plates cropped, the last 2 text leaves closely shaved, slightly affecting text, one plate cleanly torn, lightly soiled or spotted.) Provenance: E. Anne Mansfield (scored signature on title) -- William ?Ryne signature on title). [Bound with:] [The celebrated Fairy Tales of Mother Goose, now republished with appropriate engravings, for the amusement of those little masters and misses ... are likely to become great lords and ladies, London: for J. Harris, 1817.] 12°, 2 parts in one volume. Engraved frontispiece in pt. II, 9 engraved plates, numerous woodcut illustrations. (Lacking title and ?frontispiece of pt. I, E5 in pt. I with a clean tear, some pages cropped, occasionally slightly affecting text, lightly soiled.) Provenance: Marion Mansfield (ownership inscription at top of A2 in pt. I) -- W. ?Ryne (signature on top of A2 and verso of one plate). 2 works in one volume. Contemporary calf-backed boards, marbled edges (spine chipped, rubbed and scuffed).