Récréations Utiles ou Collection de 30 Petits Exemples de Dessin Fort Jolis, et Très-Faciles a Copier a la Plume ou au Crayon: Pour l"amusement des Enfans
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Récréations Utiles ou Collection de 30 Petits Exemples de Dessin Fort Jolis, et Très-Faciles a Copier a la Plume ou au Crayon; Pour l"amusement des Enfans; Accompagnée de la Description Intéressante des Animaux qui se Trouvent dans Chaque Exemple.
Paris: Chez Saintin, Libraire de S M l'Impératrice, 1813.
12mo., Frontispiece, Title-page, ii, 128 pp.; leather-backed orange marbled paper over boards (some scuffing, spine rubbed, ends chipped)
Altogether 16 ff. of engraved plates, including Frontispiece, 3 human anatomical diagrams and Twelve with double images each depicting animals.
Although the title requires "30" images, the descriptions and plates match the various animals as detailed, totaling 28 designs.
First edition.
2 copies in OCLC of the 1813 edition (Osborne, Cotsen/Harer); apparently reprinted in 1823 (Chez Saintin, Libraire de la Cour)
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- Title
- Récréations Utiles ou Collection de 30 Petits Exemples de Dessin Fort Jolis, et Très-Faciles a Copier a la Plume ou au Crayon
- Format/Binding
- Leather-backed marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chez Saintin
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1813
- Pages
- 128
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- art, illustration, children, amusements, drawing, instruction, animals
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- children's books;
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