Bibliothèque de la jeune fille. Quelques leçons d'histoire naturelle

ULLIAC-TRÉMADEURB, Sophia. QUELQUES LEçONS D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE Bibliothèque de la Jeune Fille. Ornée de belles lithographies et de planches d’histoire naturelle par Gabriel Montaut. Paris, Desforges, Libraireéditeur ... n.d. butca. 1854.

8vo, pp. [iv], ü, 400; with eJght striking hand-coloured Utbographs by Gabriel Montaut; with autbofs autbentication signature in iitbograpb on verso of balf-title; some ligbt foxing and browning tbrougbout, plates a little browned; contemporary signature on frontpaste-down; an attractive copy contemporary baif calf overmarbled boards, spine lettered and ruied in gilt, extremities ligbtiy bumped and worn.

Scarce first édition of this most attractive introduction to natural history for young girls, and highlighting in particular the study of entomology. The présent work is the second in a sériés of five works by the noted educationalist Sophia Ulliac-Trémadeure for the Bibliotbèque de la Jeune Fille. The first Laideur et Beauté. Morale pratique; Eugénie ou le monde en miniature (troisième volume); Astronomie et Météorologie; and concluding with Scènes du monde réel. Bach volume comprises either coloured lithographs or engravings, and could be purchased for Sfr.

In the présent work Ulliac-Trémadeure présents through a sériés of 22 conversational dialogues an introduction to entomology and natural history, and with a particular emphasis upon butterflies. The striking hand-coloured plates depict nearly 50 insects and transformations. The work was reissued in 1854 by Didier under the title of Phénomènes et Métamorphoses.

Though Gumuchian (and hence OCLC) suggest a date of 1845 ’ ^ previous advertisement list seen of ail five works in the sériés suggests a date nearer to that of 1854 - the known published date for Astronomie and Eugénie (1855).

Gumuchian 5667; OCLC: 83351281 locates only three copies at Monash, Cornell and the Morgan Library, and which notes that it is the Gumuchian copy.