The children's friend
By: translated from the French of M. Berquin ; complete in four volumes ; ornamented with frontispieces
Edition: New, corr. ed., with additions.
Publisher: Printed for J. Stockdale, Piccadilly; J. Rivington and Sons, St. Paul's Church-Yard; B. Law, Ave-Maria-Lane; J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; C. Dilly, Poultry; J. Murray, Fleet-Street; J. Sewell, Cornhill; and W. Creech.
Published: 1788
Place of publication: London; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Subjects: Children's literature, French; Children's literature
Work titles: Ami des enfants
Notes: Translation of the author's L'ami des enfants, first published in Paris, in bimonthly parts, 1782-1783.

The unsigned preface of the translator, Lucas Williams, is dated Dec. 22, 1786, cf. Osborne Coll. II, p. 861.

Engraved frontispieces dated July 25th, 1787.

Pagination: vol. 1: xii, 200 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: iv, 198, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: iv, 218 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: iv, 244 p., [1] leaf of plates.

Signatures: vol. 1: A⁶ B-I¹² K⁴; v. 2: [A]² B-I¹² K⁴; v. 3: [A]² B-K¹² L² (L2 blank); v. 4: [A]² B-L¹² M².

Publisher's ads [2] p. at end of vol. 2.

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Gumuchian 559.

BM 16:182.