PERRIN, M. [Jean-Baptiste].

Fables Amusantes, avec une Table Générale et Particulière des Mots et de leur Signification en Anglois . pour en Rendre la Traduction plus Faciles à l'écolier.

Baltimore: A. Neal, 1819,

First Baltimore Edition. duodecimo, full sheep, gilt rule on flat spine. 180 pp. A. Neal, Item #30841

First published in 1775, Perrin's Fables was in wide demand as a French primer. There is a one page Publisher's Advertisement where he descirbes the "important improvements" that have been made in this edition. This copy has the signatures of Charles and Abba Bemis of Watertown and Cambridge, Mass on the front endpaper. The front pastedown contains the bookseller's label of Henry Whyte of Petersburg, VA. Top and bottom of spine chipped, stitching solid.

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