[Rarebooks] FS: "A Suit of Armour for Youth" with all the overlays. London: 1824

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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE) [Grimaldi, Stacey]. A SUIT OF ARMOUR FOR YOUTH. 
London: Published by the Proprietor. 1824. 12mo. xii,92pp. Illustrated with an 
engraved frontispiece plus 11 engraved plates, each with a mounted overlay of 
armor that lifts up to reveal a vignette of “virtue,” and each with a tissue 
guard. Cont. diced calf, worn, rebacked, red calf spine label.     $1,000.00 
(trade discount allowed)
A sequel to the author’s “The Toilet,” 1821. Both works were published with 
moveable flaps. Osborne Collection, Vol. I, p. 418.

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