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[AIKIN (John) & BARBAULD (Anna Laetitia, Aikin)]. Evenings at Home; or, the Juvenile Budget Opened. Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Intruction and Amusement of Young Persons.1794
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 6 Vols., 1-4 & 6 are first editions, vol. 5 fourth edition (1808), 12mo (151 x 92 mm), iv, 152; iv, 152; iv, 161, [1]; iv, 156; iv, 151, [1]; iv, 152pp., vols., 1-4 & 6 in contemporary vellum backed marbled boards, spine of vol. 1 split, vol. 5 in contemporary full calf, endpapers browned from turn-ins. "Maria Edgeworth praised this collection of stories, poems, and dialogues designed to provide entertainment for thirty evenings."—Osborne. Osborne Collection I, p.230.
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