Le Poupée bien élevée. IIe. édition. by [MALLÈS DE BEAULIEU,…

Oblong 8vo (110 × 155 mm), pp. 54, plus engraved title, and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Lower forecorner of one leaf torn away (pp. 19-20), with loss of a couple of words on p. 20, the colouring slightly blotted at the foot of some plates. Later 19th-century red half morocco, gilt. Joints rubbed, slight loss at head of spine. Bookplate of Paul Gavault. A good copy.

First published in 1819, Le Poupée bien élevée proved popular among children on both sides of the English Channel, with numerous editions in both French and English (the latter as The Well Bred Doll). Jeanne Sophie Mallès de Beaulieu (176-1825) was the author of numerous moral and entertaining stories for children including Le Robinson de douze ans (1820).