Recreations morales de l'Enfance, ou Entretiens... tome premier & second (2 volumes)

... de plusieurs enfans avec leur pere, sur ce qui fait le fond de l'education de la Jeunesse; contenant une exposition du systeme du monde, un abrege d'Histoire Naturelle, d'Histoire Universelle, de Geographie, etc., etc. 

Complete in two 12mo volumes with six [6] aquatint engravings, bound in the original pink pastepaper wraps laminated to waste paper. Vol 1: 359, [350-360], (1)pp. Vol.2: 360 (1)pp. The pagination in volume one repeats 350-360, but the contents are correct. Very Good with rubbing and sunning; spines lined with tissue, labels mostly worn away. The contents remain remarkably bright and clean. Arranged as a conversation between a father, M. de Murval, and his two inquisitive children, Eugene and Agathe, the volumes cover historical topics, natural history, geography, etc. Mentions specific figures like Columbus and Herschel (among the seven planets), and inventions like the hot air balloon (which is illustrated with an immensely charming engraving, "Invention de l'Aerostat".