Philadelphia: Published by Johnson and Warner, 1812. 48 pages. Illustrated with a pictorial pastedown title-page and thirteen other engravings within the text. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 164 x 100 mm. Some loss of paper at the base of the spine; some marking on the first two pages; else a very good copy. This was William Darton’s first written work, published in England as Little Truths Better Than Great Fables, in 1798. The title was first published in America in 1800. See Darton, xxix, and G226. Scarce.