Arabella Argus The Adventures of a Donkey 1st ed 1815 Scarce. There is an engraved frontispiece of a baby donkey with its mother, and underneath is a verse [by Coleridge] “Poor little foal of an oppressed race……” 231 pages, plus a fascinating 16 page list of publisher’s recently issued Improved Books For Children, Dissected Puzzles, Maps and Games etc. There is a gift inscription on the title page, and a later owner’s pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown, occasional marks and points of wear else contents very good. 142 x 95 mm [approx 5 ½” x 3 ¾”] original gilt lettered red roan spine, marbled paper over boards; spine ends and corners worn, some rubbing but generally a very good copy. London, Printed By and For William Darton Jun, 58 Holborn Hill, 1815