A new collection of moral tales, :
Marmontel, Jean-François,1723-1799.
Heron, Robert,1764-1807.
Arthur family,former owner.NLS
Perth: : Printed by R. Morison junr. For R. Morison and Son, booksellers, Perth; and W. Lane, at the Minerva, Leaden-Hall-Street, London; and A. Guthrie, South-Bridge, Edinburgh.,
1792..
In most copies, the titlepage to vol. 3 is a cancel, and reads: 'The tales of an evening, written by .. Marmontel, being the third volume of his New moral tales: ..'.  The cancellandum reads: 'A new collection of moral tales, chiefly written by the celebrated Marmontelle [sic] ...", and Guthrie's name does not appear in the imprint.
Binding: All volumes in tree calf bindings, probably Scottish, with a gilt roll at the borders of both boards and the spines decorated with gold tools and green and red morocco onlays, in a style reminiscent of James Scott of Edinburgh. Endpapers marbled.
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Provenance: Early 19th-century armorial bookplate on front paste-down in all volumes, displaying the arms and bearing the motto "Fac et spera" of family of Arthur (Glenarthur?), Levenbank, Scotland. In each case the bookplate was pasted over an already existing bookplate.