[Shelley (Mary)] Mounseer Nongtongpaw: A New Version, first edition, 12 engraved plates in full original hand-colouring, one torn across plate, another with marginal tear, a couple with plate number shaved at upper margin, one text leaf with corner defective but no loss of text, offsetting, Printed for the Proprietors of the Juvenile Library, [M.J.Godwin], 1808 bound with [Taylor (John)] Monsieur Tonson: A New Version, 12 engraved plates in full original hand-colouring, most with plate numbers shaved, some light soiling and foxing, Printed for the Proprietors of the Juvenile Library, [M.J.Godwin], 1808 [frontispiece dated 1807] bound with History of Little Red Riding-Hood (The), in Verse, additional engraved vignette title (cropped) and 11 plates all in original hand-colouring, one with repaired tear, a few plate numbers shaved, offsetting and soiling to text leaves, Published at the Juvenile Libraries of B.Tabart...and J.Harris, 1808, together 3 works in 1 vol., erased inscription on fly-leaf, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, paper label (not original) to spine, 16mo

? An exceptional assembly of rare children's books. The first title has been attributed to Mary Shelley as her first book, written when she was only 8 years old. There are also arguments that it was the work of John Taylor, whose companion work Monsieur Tonson is included here. A series of comic stanzas on French and English stereotypes illustrated by Godwin's friend William Mulready, Mounseer Nongtongpaw pillories John Bull for his inability to understand French.