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The French and Protestant Companion, Or a Journey into Europe, Asia, and Africa; the rarities thereof; the solution of the most curious, delightful and hardest questions, both in the temporal and spiritual, with the defence of the Protestant religion, and the death of popery : the whole in English and French. For the Use of the Young Princesses
by Michael Malard
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London.: Printed for the Author, and Mr. Marshall and sold by G. Mortlock, R. Sare, D. Brown etc., 1719. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. David Lockley. Fair. Contemporaneous full calf. Front board detached. Five raised bands and gilt lettering and gilt lettered tile to spine. Covers worn and corners rubbed round. Ownership inscription of 'William Lindley' of Chatton, dated 1737 to free front and rear endpaper and fly-leaf. Leaves toned and with a touch of foxing and damp-staining and a little general thumbing and marking. Illustrated with several copper plates engraved by David Lockley. 7 1/2". The Rev. Michael Malard, a French Protestant refugee, was tutor for that language to the princesses, daughters of George II for whom he wrote this instructional book. The book was intended to provide universal knowledge and to 'put them into a condition of being never seduced by Popery' 'to make godly and understanding youths' 'to make greater improvements in the French tongue' and as a 'Traveller's Guide into the finest Towns and Places of Europe, Asia, and Africa'. Contents include scientific subjects such as 'Of Clouds' 'Of the Thunderbolt' etc, chapters on travel, venerated cities and such additions as 'Of the Parisian Gang', occult matters, eg - 'Of Witches, Charmers, Enchanters, Chiromancers, and Necromancers...' 'If one can raise the Devil with Agrippa's Book' and lots of chapters concerned with Popery. This title is described in 'A Biographical History of England... Volume 3' by Rev. Mark Noble - 1806 as "now seldom to be met with; as, besides being a sort of school-book, in which service numbers of the copies were very likely to be worn out, it is a work that would certainly be destroyed by the Roman Catholics whenever it came in their way".
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- Title
- The French and Protestant Companion, Or a Journey into Europe, Asia, and Africa; the rarities thereof; the solution of the most curious, delightful and hardest questions, both in the temporal and spiritual, with the defence of the Protestant religion, and the death of popery : the whole in English and French. For the Use of the Young Princesses
- Author
- Michael Malard
- Illustrator
- David Lockley
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author, and Mr. Marshall and sold by G. Mortlock, R. Sare, D. Brown etc.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1719
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 1.87 lbs
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- Children & Young Adults (Non- Fiction);
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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