On souscrit A Londres: Chez M. Elsmley, Libraire, dans le Strand. 12 volumes bound in four volumes. Janvier, 1782, No. I – Decembre 1783. No. XII. Vol. I: xv; 143 pages. Vol. II: 143 pages; Vol. III: 143 pages; Vol. IV: 144 pages; Vol. V: 176 pages; Vol. VI: 144 pages; Vol. VII: 144 pages; Vol. VIII: 141 pages; Vol. IX: 142 pages; Vol. X: 144 pages; Vol. XI: 144 pages; Vol. XII: 144, including 4 pages of subscribers’ names. Full calf gilt with red volume labels to the spine. 113 x 70 mm. London edition. Some expert repairs to spines; one leaf has a vertical printing fault, partly obscuring some type; else an excellent set of this important and highly influential work. Berquin's most famous achievement was L'Ami des Enfants, a work published in Paris in twenty-four monthly instalments between 1782 and 1783. The London edition, though still in French, followed in 1783/4. The subscriber’s list to the London edition contains, among some 160 names, those of Mrs. Fenn, Mrs. Barbauld, Lady Charlotte Finch, and Hannah More.