Petites Leçons de morale et de littérature, ou choix des plus beaux morceaux des poetes et des prosateurs français... Prose

Paris: D'Auguste Delalain, 1822. Very Good. Paris: D'Auguste Delalain, 1822. First Edition. 24mo (5.5" x 3.5"); [iv], 354pp. Contemporary stained calf with gilt decoration and lettering and black leather title card to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Contemporary school prize ex libris to front pastedown accomplished in manuscript. Corners bumped and rubbed, with some scuffs down joints. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Instructional anthology of prose works from French writers. This copy from the personal library of journalist William Safire, but with no ownership marks or plates.