Conversations d'une Petite Fille avec sa Poupée, suivies de l'Histoire de la Poupée; Mmme. de Renneville, Auteur du Petit Charbonnier de la Forêt Noire. Ouvrage orné de onze gravures. Troisième édition. Paris. Ledentu, Librairie, Quai des Augustins, No. 31. 1822. 251 printed pages in French. Five copper plate engravings with two images on each plate, and frontispiece. All edges speckled. Original marbled endpapers. Elegant ink presentation inscription on blank preliminary page, dated 1827. FLater pencil inscription on separate preliminary blank page. Provenance: Nicholas Power. 86 x 134 mm. Contemporary diced calf; spine beautifully hand-tooled in gilt with floreate designs and with leather label with gilt titling; covers with scrolling foliate border. Corners bumped and head of spine worn. The narrative centers around a young girl named Mimi, who enjoys imaginative conversations with her doll, Zozo, often mimicking her mother's teachings and lessons about obedience, morality, and the consequences of misbehavior. The opening of the book introduces us to Mimi, a sweet and obedient five-year-old girl who spends time talking with her doll, Zozo, in a playful manner reminiscent of a mother-daughter relationship. As Mimi questions Zozo about her daily activities and responsibilities, it becomes evident that these interactions are not only playful but serve as a method for Mimi to internalize her mother's lessons. The first edition was in 1817, but OCLC WorlCat locates no copies of a second or, as is this example, a third edition. I believe that Nicholas Power's daughter Mary owned Gifford's Hall in Suffolk but that his 'deeply lamented daughter' was daughter Mary E. Power, later Bruce - the inscription is very poignant.