An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature, and Reading the Holy Scriptures, Adapted to the Capacities of Children

by Trimmer, Mrs. Sarah

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T. Longman and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1793; Leather Hardcover; Eighth Edition; 174pp; Original brown leather boards with newer brown leather spine and corners, boards edgeworn, gilt lettering to spine. Indistinct cursive writing to front board. Store stamp to title page and last text page, moderate foxing to pages, scattered pencil and ink marks, binding is tight, Good condition. Mrs. Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810) was a noted British children's literature author and philanthropist; this was her first book, based on the lessons she gave to her own children. It begins with a note to the Right Honorable Lady Charlotte Finch and a Preface, and is divided into two parts. The text follows a mother and her two children, Charlotte and Henry, on a series of nature walks in which the mother describes the natural world as the wonders of God's creation.

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