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Theatre of education / translated from the French of the Countess de Genlis ; in four volumes.

Accession number
PML 87113-16
Creator
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830.
Published
London : Printed for T. Cadell, and P. Elmsly, in the Strand; and T. Durham, Charing-Cross, 1781.
Credit line
Gift; Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
First published in France 1779.
24 comedies.
Perhaps the most important work ever written for children.
(Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St. Aulain, Contesse de Genlis).
Publisher's advertisement on p. [1] at end of v.1.
Owner's initials on flyleaf: G.?S.H.
Description
4 v. : frontis. ; 22 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary calf, mottled. Gold-tooled backs. Six panels, boxed and gold-tooled. Red title labels and volume number. Red on green onlay, by James McKenzie.
Classification
Department