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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Peter Harrington

United Kingdom
About Item: London: printed for J. Johnson,, 1791. Education towards rational right-mindedness Second edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's only work written directly for children, in which the wise and rational governess Mrs Mason educates her "shamefully ignorant" charges Mary and Caroline, who "had caught every prejudice that the vulgar casually instil", towards rational right-mindedness through a sequence of original stories. This second edition of 1791 was issued with illustrations by William Blake. Annotated on the front free endpaper verso: "Robt Henry Cheney 1st Jany 1805 - The gift of his good Aunt Miss Eliza Cheney - Given by him to Harriet Margaret Cheney March 1816 - Who has given it to Alfred Capel Cure." Alfred Capel-Cure was an officer in the British Army, a pioneer of photography, and the nephew of artist and photographer Robert Henry Cheney. Octavo (172 x 100 mm). Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, flat spine divided into compartments with gilt roll decoration and device, morocco label. With… Read More
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