[Rarebooks] FS: 1792 American Children's Book with a charming frontispiece

[Charles Agvent]

[CHILDREN'S]. THE YOUNG LADY'S PARENTAL MONITOR: CONTAINING, I. DR. 
GREGORY'S "FATHER'S LEGACY TO HIS DAUGHTERS." II. LADY PENNINGTON'S 
"UNFORTUNATE MOTHER'S ADVICE TO HER ABSENT DAUGHTERS." III. MARCHIONESS 
DE LAMBERT'S "ADVICE OF A MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTER" Hartford: Nathaniel 
Patten, 1792. First Edition. Small quarto (3-7/8" x 6-1/4") in 
contemporary calf with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; 164 
pages. Frontispiece engraving of an adult with children gesturing to a 
young entity in the sky. Evans 25067. Rosenbach 163: "Lady Pennington's 
opinions on the education and upbringing of girls are extremely 
interesting. She is very scathing on the subject of novel reading." Mild 
aging to the text. Very nice copy. (#004959)        $350.00

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