Sketches of Young People;

Book Description

London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1822. or, a Visit to Brighton. vii, 180, [4]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece, with a publishers' catalogue at end and an initial blank leaf. A fine copy in the original maroon roan-backed boards, spine gilt. Engraved label of “Mr. Richd. Chambers’s Academy, Castle Street, Leiscester Square” on lower pastedown, and a manuscript “reward of merit” inscription dated 1825, in French, on the upper. First edition. Osborne, p. 933: the author intended her sketches “to convince . . . readers of the advantages of a good education.” Three copies in OCLC: Lilly, Oakland, and UCLA.

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