[AULNOY, 1650/51-1705] The History of the White Cat. (1804).

[D’Aulnoy, Baroness Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville (1650/1651 – 1705)]. The History of the White Cat. 

“As the white cat continually gave proofs of an excellent understanding, the prince was by no means tired of her company, she talked with him of state affairs, of theatres, of fashions; in short, she was at a loss on no subject whatever…”

40pp. 3 hand-coloured engravings.

Interior: Light soiling to pages, occasional spotting. Possibly lacking a page of publisher’s adverts at the rear.

Exterior: Publisher’s tan wrappers (soiled, some creasing, chipping with loss, general wear).

16mo. London, Tabart and Co., 1804.

PROVENANCE: Previous owner’s inscription dated 1908 to verso of frontispiece.

RARE Georgian children’s juvenile chapbook, printed as part of Tabart’s Juvenile and School Library, a bookshop that was run by Benjamin Tabart (1767-1833)  at  157 New Bond Street, London producing books specifically for children.

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