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[ANTWERP IMPRINT.] STRETCH (M.L.).

The Beauties of History; Pictures of Virtue and Vice, Drawn from Real Life; Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth.

Antwerp, Ancelle. 1825. New edition. Contemporary continental quarter morocco, boards. 12mo. pp. viii, 185, 11. The passages on such subjects as "Courage", "Equity", "Flattery" and "Patriotism" are mainly drawn from the Classics. The interesting catalogue (11 pages) lists a wide cross-section of books available to the English reader at Ancelle's shop including a number of unusual novels. Many times reprinted, this Antwerp edition is not in COPAC. Some foxing.

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