THE LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE MIND, OR THE JUVENILE FRIEND; BEING A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF INTERESTING AND MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS CALCULATED TO EXHIBIT TO YOUNG MINDS THE HAPPY EFFECTS OF YOUTHFUL INNOCENCE, AND FILIAL AFFECTION; IN PROSE AND VERSE; DESIGNED TO IMPROVE AND AMUSE THE RISING GENERATION
Book Details + Condition: Printed and published by John Bioren (Philadelphia). First Edition, 1819. Very scarce. Hardcover with three-quarters leather binding, marbled boards, and measuring 6.5" x 4.5". 272 pages, and "embellished with an elegant frontispiece, and 73 (wood) cuts". A firm and clean copy of a very scarce first edition, with solid binding (despite boards having been re-attached at some point); rubbed corners and edges; rubbing to marbled paper on boards; fading to gilt on spine, with chafed ends; owner info to ffep; small area torn out at hinge on frontis/title pages; toning and aging to pages; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings. A scarce and early collection of stories that serve to educate children of the era. Stories include: Little Adolphus; Anabella's Journey to the Market; The Birds, the Thorn Bushes, and the Sheep; Flora and Her Little Lamb; Mischief its Own Punishment; The Rival Dogs; and many more.
