Author: GENLIS, Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de Saint Aubin
Title: La Bruyere the Less
Description: 1801. GENLIS, [Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de Saint Aubin] Madame de. LA BRUYERE THE LESS: or, Characters and manners of the children of the present age. Written for the use of children of twelve or thirteen years of age; with the exception of the ten last chapters, which apply to persons of more advanced years. Translated from the french of Madame de Genlis. Dublin: Printed by J. Stockdale; for P. Wogan, T. Jackson, J. Rice, C. Folingsby, and J. Stockdale, 1801. Second English language translation, within a year of the French edition. 12mo. xii,263 pp. Contemporary binding of red morocco-backed marbled boards, with gilt-stamped spine title. The binding is darkened at spine and top-edges of boards; fore-corned are rubbed and rounded. One leaf (E2) has marginal loss at bottom forecorner, not affecting text. It is clean within, and a sound and about very good copy overall. Mme de Genlis (1746-1830) was a prolific and very popular writer in her day, as well as a talented teacher. Her works were translated almost immediately into English. And one of her former pupils, Louis Philippe, became King of France. .

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