Edition: 1st Edition
Published By: J. Bonfor, For Vernor and Hood, and E Newbery
This scarce edition, with seven stories and a poem, including a fairy tale, "The Prince that had a Long Nose" from Mdm. de Beaumont's Young Misses magazine (Osborne). "The Lessons of Adversity" includes a number of moral stories with anthropomorphic animals, Adventures of Musul; or, The three gifts, Colin and his dog, a pastoral poem, Archigallo and Elidurus Generosity,The prince that had a long nose, Conclusion of the story of Archigallo and Elidurus,The lessons of adversity, The sweet briar, an apologue. 175 pp. plus advert, with engraved frontispiece, and engraved woodcut tailpieces. This volume is based in Persian tales. With a woodcut of a beehive to the end of chapter 1. One copy listed at auction. Bound in rubbed half calf binding with paper-covered boards, the front board is attached but loose, with a contemporary inscription to the front endpapers. Overall, a good copy of this scarce work.
Book Condition: Good
Author: Edward Augustus Kendall
Binding: Hardback
Price £1850.00
