[COOK] Nuttig en leerzaam onderhoud, in fraaije verhalen, voor de lieve jeugd; door J. H. Campe.

Amsterdam : Ten Brink & De Vries, 1827. Second edition. Small octavo (160 x 100 mm), contemporary marbled papered boards (rubbed and worn at corners and spine ends); pp. viii, 96; title with engraved vignette, illustrated with [2] engraved plates; text in Dutch; includes a ‘true account of a curious event on Cook’s last voyage’ (pp. 74-92); contents clean and crisp.

Second ‘enlarged and revised’ Dutch edition of this collection of ‘beautiful stories’ for ‘the useful and educational entertainment’ of ‘the dear youth’, by German educational writer by Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746-1818). The first Dutch edition was published in Amsterdam in 1804.

Campe is often referred to as the father of the German children’s book. His writings, often re-tellings of accounts of exploration and adventure, embodied the pedagogical ideas of the Enlightenment (particularly those of Rousseau) and were characterised by a strong moralistic tone.