(Ronus,S.).
The Aunt's Book of Tales, or Evening Entertainments for the Female Youth. By Selma. 2 vols. Winterthur, Steiner (1833). With 2 gest. Plates by J.H. Meyer after Disteli. 3 fol., 404 p.; 2 fol., 359 p. Bindery c. 1900 (rubbing). Goed. XII, pp. 108, 171-a, 4. Wegehaupt IV, 1845 (vol. 1 only). Rare first edition. - "Fables, riddles, and moral tales, the latter mostly in the guise of fairy tales; they are embedded in a frame story comprising eleven evenings: a group of girls meet regularly at the 'aunt's' house to exchange moral thoughts and experiences or to recite little stories and fables and discuss their applications" (Weilenmann 2718). - Partly some traces of use, vol. 2 register connected.
