Fables in Monosyllables by Fenn, Ellenor (Mrs Teachwell, Mrs Lovechild) Eleanor - 1970

Yorkshire, England/New York, New York: S.R. Publishers Limited/Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good/fine hard cover edition. Reprint of 1783 Edition. Clean. Tight binding. Green cloth with gilt titled front cover and spine. 112, 64 pages. From Early Children's Books. A series of facsimile editions.

London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823 . Cloth. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A delightful and very scarce volume of fables and moral lessons for the young, illustrated with vignette woodcuts. A nineteenth century edition of Ellenor Fenn's very scarce volume of fables. First published in 1783, the work is very scarce in all contemporary editions.A charming volume of simply relayed fables and moral lessons, adorned with twenty-nine woodcuts.The work of prolific writer of eighteenth century children's books, Lady Ellenor Fenn (1743-1813), who often published under the pseudonyms Mrs. Teachwell and Mrs. Lovechild. 'Cobwebs to Catch Flies' (1783), a reading primer, was perhaps her most popular work; it went through multiple editions in both Britain and America until the 1870s.With three pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.With the inscription 'Francis T. Palgrave, Dec 17th 1828' to a front blank. This may indicate that the work was given to British critic, anthologist and poet Francis Turner… Read More