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[Berquin, Arnaud]
The Looking-Glass For The Mind; or Intellectual Mirror
London [by Shackell and Baylis] for John Harris [etc] 1827 Being an Elegant Collection of the most delightful Little Stories and Interesting Tales: Chiefly Translated [by J. Cooper] from that much Admired Work L'Ami Des Enfans. With Seventy-Four Cuts, Designed and Engraved on Wood by J. Bewick. The Seventeenth Edition. 12mo. [2]ff, 259pp. Bound in contemporary calf, the covers with a gilt roll border and blocked in blind (corners repaired), rebacked with a new black goatskin label, new endleaves. Tear repaired at the foot of the title-page. Some minor soiling and staining. Cooper's translation was first published by Newbery in 1787 and Bewick's woodcuts first appeared in the edition of 1792.
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