
The Child and His Book. Some Account of The History and Progress of Children’s Literature in England. By Mrs. E.M. Field … Second Edition.
[Story, Louise Frances (1856-1940)].
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London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., [1898]. 8:o. Frontispiece, vj, 358 pp. Illustrated. Publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board, black and white illustration to upper board. Very nice copy.
300 kr
Frontispiece with protective tissue, numerous in-text illustrations. Contents: Introductory; Before the Norman Conquest; Books from the Conquest to Caxton 1066-1485; The Child in England 1066-1640; Manners Makyth Man; A.B.C.; Educational Reform 1510-1649; Some Early Printed Books; 'The Fear of the Lord and of the Broomstick'; Some Chapbooks, and the Progress of the Spelling-book; Some Nursery Classics; 'To Point a Moral and Adorn a Tale'; From 1740 to About 1810; Some Illustrations of Children's Books; Modern Developments.

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