Description: Letters to a Young Lady, on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects. Calculated to Improve the Heart, to Form the Manners and Enlighten the Understanding, by The Rev. John Bennett, Sixth American Edition, Two Volumes in One, William E. Norman, Hudson, 1811, 238pp, leather, 4.5 x 7", 18mo Poor condition/as is. Front board is completely detached from binding. Rear board is attached to binding via fragile cording. Original leather boards have an interesting coloring applied, including red, green, and black. Chipping and scuffing to boards. Tips are bumped with exposed boards. Fore edges are painted yellow. Chipping and cracking to spine, but still legible; title in gilt. Small chip at tail with exposed binding. Provenance in ink on flyleaf (possibly Andrea Rufsee Potterville, April 24, 1835). No known marginalia. Toning, age-staining, and foxing throughout textblock. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. An early work on women's etiquette and education, predating the American release of Bennett's Strictures on Female Education by one year (First American Edition was published in 1791). This work was one of the earliest and most progressive titles on the subject to be printed in the young republic. FORN-TUB-0051-BB-2407-JC1039
Price: 150 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Leather
Language: English
Author: John Bennett
Publisher: William E. Norman
Topic: Diaries & Correspondence
Subject: Reference
Original/Facsimile: Original
