Felissa; or the Life and Opinions of a Kitten of Sentiment

Mrs Elizabeth Ludlow

London : Printed for John Harris, 1811

Small octavo, 20 cm. 131 pp. Frontis and 11 plates (12 total). Plates hand colored. Later boards, paper spine label. Plates loose, provided from another copy. Minor soiling and creasing to plates, a few plates have small tears. Scattered spotting to text leaves. Several old ink marks to pages. Untrimmed. New endpapers. "A deliciously spirited cat-story, with charming illustrations. I regard it as one of the period's outstanding books for children. It is surprising that eleven years passed before it was reissued." - Moon 257; Gumuchian 3595; Osborne I, p252, Hahn 204.