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17012Women College Handwritten Album Autograph album from the first women's college in Virginia .A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 55 handwritten inscriptions from women students at Hollins Institute Hollins VA dated from 1884-1886. Original brown leather cover. 7.5 x 4.75 in. "Autographs" in gilt on front cover. 34 pages of handwriting. Original owner of memory book was Josephine Engelke from Brenham TX. Signatures of students of the all-women's Hollins Institute which later became Hollins College. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. All entries concern Hollins Institute which was the first women's college in Virginia. Many of them are made out to "Josephine." Lillie Strouse has written "Remember your roommate." another girl Lelia L has written "Never forget Hollins' Charming board which was composed of nine of Hollins nicest girls." One of the entries written by Emma Ina Johnson reads "Never forget the. grand time Mr. Cocke had getting us straight." Charles Lewis Cocke is properly known as the founder of Hollins. Hinges loose. Slight vertical warping to covers. Very good condition. unknown books
17017Women Education Photo Album Elmira NY Female College Class of 1862 album. 42 original photographs each aprox 1.5 x 1.25 in. Nearly all photos are identified with handwritten captions. 114 pages 53 pages overall have been used for photos writing or both. All entries dated 1861-1862. Light brown leather boards. 8 x 5.25 in. Titled on cover with gilt design of an autograph book and a quill pen surrounded by ivy "Autographs." The book is full of signatures and small oval portraits of the girls who were the 1862 class of Elmira College. Along with signatures of her classmates the owner of this book has some signatures from people of the town of Elmira New York Augustus W. Cowles President of the collegeand other other instructors. One page has been illustrated with the outline of a pile of letters into which girls have written their names addresses and messages. It would be several decades more before Academic yearbooks as we know them now with photographs and names of individual students and graduates became common. At this time the typical "Annual" was a small catalog that acted as a memento of students attending and also as advertising with general business catalog information concerning the school inside. School photos of any kind were highly uncommon. This student's personally made yearbook containing photographs and names of a large portion of her classmates as well as teacher's and college president is an extremely unique women's educational history item. Leather on spine is mostly absent or pulling away though internal hinges are sound. Good to very good condition.<br/><br/>The New York-area college is the oldest still in existence which granted degrees to women equivalent of those given to man. Elmira College was first conceived on in 1851 with the intention of creating a college that would grant degrees to women equal to those of men. The first students arrived in October 1855 though the rooms had not yet been completely furnished and the furnace was not yet working. Also not all of the students were ready for college-level work. In September 1855 Rev. Augustus W. Cowles visited the campus and the following year was offered the position of president. Vassar's first president modeled the acceptance requirements and curriculum of his school upon those of Elmira. The members of the first graduating class received diplomas in 1859 only 2 years before this album was created. The college faced a difficult beginning. The student body was minuscule; in 1884 only three students were in the graduating class. Two reasons for this situation were the national tumult caused by the Civil War and the opening of other colleges that admitted women. Dr. Cowles believed that a problem was the perception that Elmira was only on the level of a boarding school. He stressed hiring better professors to secure larger graduating classes. . unknown books
1894WRCAM55632Hampton Va.: Printed by students of the Institute 1894. 8pp. Illus. Small octavo. Original pictorial self- wrappers. Minor soiling light wear. Very good plus. A rare fundraising appeal from the illustrious Hampton Normal Institute aimed specifically at the members of the Christian Endeavor Society in 1894. The pamphlet was written by Principal Hollis B. Frissell and printed by the African American and Native American students at the institute. The pamphlet includes several photographs of the campus and the classroom along with a group shot of the "Class of '94." The purpose of the pamphlet is stated in the second paragraph of text: "This leaflet is prepared especially for the Christian Endeavor Society in hopes that with the information it gives of Hampton Institute and its needs it will arouse interest among young Christians in our work and bring our cause before you as an object worthy of your Christian charity." Frissell then expounds upon the training of the "head" "hand" and "heart" of the Hampton students before enumerating his institution's funding needs. Donations may be contributed to the institute's general fund or earmarked for the establishment of one-time or endowed scholarships or given to the missionary fund the "apparatus fund" the housekeeping fund or as a subscription to THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN. <br> <br> Hampton Institute apparently issued similar pamphlets under the same title on a regular if not an annual basis in the 1890s though whether they issued more than one per year is not known and any differences are likely only found in the text. OCLC records just seven copies of an 8pp. pamphlet from 1894 with this wrapper title which we assume is the same as the present copy though we cannot be sure. It appears that the present copy differs from at least the copies at Duke and Wisconsin which are dated in print by Frissell "September 1894." It is possible even likely that the Hampton Institute issued this appeal targeted at the Christian Endeavor Society as well as other more general fundraising pamphlets in the same year. In any case it is a rare appeal from a significant African American and Native American educational institution. OCLC 6876159. Printed by students of the Institute unknown books
189241503Mecklenburg VA 1892. Sewn gatherings disbound with remanants of perished leather spine. Wear and soiling throughout; some chips occasionally causing minimal textual loss; last leaf quite ragged to inner margin significantly affecting final third of text. Writing in general legible and neat. Good condition withal. 29 leaves of lined wove paper including 4 half-leaves. Lacking first leaf pp 1 - 2 of lecture notes; 4 stubs. Inconsistently hand-numbered throughout.Manuscript notes in ink and/or pencil to recto and verso of leaves with varying amounts of writing per pg. ~1500 words. Some intratextual hand-drawn illustrations and graphs to lecture notes. 11-1/2" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>A notebook that appears to have been intended for lecture notes kept by Presley Llewellyn Hinton Jr. during a science class at Randolph-Macon College from 1858 - 59 but that was employed for several different purposes by other members of his family during the same period and throughout the Civil War. The Hintons were slaveholders owning at least 13 slaves according to the 1860 slave schedule and longtime prominent members of the community. The lecture notes which comprise hand-numbered pp 3 - 30 and 51 - 55 are from lectures taught by B. Puryear Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; subjects covered include fairly introductory material regarding dew evaporation electricity elements of chemistry hydrogen and nitrogen gas carbon etc. and the like. Following the first section of lecture notes three pages by one of the Hinton parents we speculate Mrs. Hinton detail Presley’s service in the Confederate Army Company A 3rd Virginia Cavalry as well as that of his brother William from 1861 - 63 largely their leave-taking and visits home: “My Son William Emmet Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 14th day May 1861 to join his company Mecklinburg Cavalry at Lockets Store near Lombardy Grove. Many relatives and friends met . . . to take leave of their dear sons relations & friends who consented with cheerfulness to leave their quiet and happy homes to battle against our enemy the Yankee who are worse than Indian savages Yea to go through all the hardships privations difficulties and attending a camp life. . . . My Son Presley Lewellyn Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 26th day May 1861 . . . He would have gone on with his brother William but he was not prepared as he had just returned from the University of Virginia . . .” Approximately 15 remaining pages interrupted by the last section of Presley’s lecture notes are filled with a detailed account record of tuition charged for teaching the daughters and some sons of local families which we speculate was kept by the boys’ sister primarily because of the type of lessons taught. These included piano lessons worsted work and samplers grammar arithmetic geography the history of England and philosophy; fees for ink copy books and other supplies are also included. Another account record follows for bonds of some sort in the same hand as other and a love letter from Presley to a Miss Annie fills both recto and verso of the final leaf. Interspersed with these and sometimes written over top in pencil are the youthful scribblings and pencilled math work of James H. Palmer also of Mecklinberg dated 1892; he appears to have used the manuscript for scrap paper. All in all a uniquely faceted manuscript illustrating many aspects of the life of one Virginia family during the Civil War as well as the paper shortages that likely occasioned such thrift. hardcover books
1551046883Florence: Laurentius Torrentini 1551. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in leather backed marbled boards new endpapers. Quite clean internally scattered minor foxing last page with a small closed tear title and last with some soiling bright otherwise on fine thick paper. 8 204 index. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046883. Laurentius Torrentini hardcover books
1561046145Paris: Guillaume Morel Gulillaume Guillard et Almaricum Warancore 1561. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary armorial calf very worn corners worn through spine perished and cords exposed one head band detached binding still generally sound. Upper corner of front blank excised scattered foxing and early marginalia rules line in outer margin in second book some age toning but generally clean and bright internally. 30 639 32; 247 34 pp Two volumes in one printed in part by the successor press to famed Paris printer Charlotte Guillard Gregory of Tours important early history of Gaul and Ado's chronicle connecting the Roman Empire to the Carolingian Empire. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046145. <br/><br/> Guillaume Morel, Gulillaume Guillard, et Almaricum Warancore hardcover books
1720045088Amsterdam: Michel Charles le Cene 1720. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf rubbed one corner creased but quite sound. Endpapers a little soiled a few minor stains but generally quite clean internally. One of three posthumous works by Madame de La Fayette author of La Princess de Clèves. viii 210pp. Likely published in France despite the imprint. Graesse M71. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045088. <br/><br/> Michel Charles le Cene hardcover books
1682046918Dublin: Joseph Ray 1682. Second Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in contemporary leather extensive contemporary notes to front endpapers one endpaper with the upper right corner torn. Quite clean internally - in two parts a third was published in 1689. 14 70 8 154pp<br/><br/>The first and second parts of Ware's extensive and pernicious forgeries of church history intended to stir up anti-Catholic anti-Irish and anti-Jesuit sentiment. They played a large role in the absurd stories surrounding the Popish Plot and many of Ware's creations continued to pollute reformation history into the 19th 20th and even 21st centuries. Ware was the son of a prominent historian and used his father John's name to legitimize the documents that he "found" - one of the most long lived forgeries was a Cranmer letter at the beginning of part two which entered into Cranmer's works and was preserved for centuries through misattributions by historians such as John Strype and wishful thinking. Rare in commerce. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Inventory No: 046918. Joseph Ray hardcover books
1600046554Coloniae Vbiorum Cologne: Cholini 1600. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full pigskin soiled and stained but sound. A few private library marks old names crossed out on title signatures to front blank modest browning to text block with scattered minor wear and worming to margins mispgination neatly corrected;generally quite clean overall with in text portraits throughout. 8 532 16 83pp blanks intact. <br/><br/>Platina's history of the popes first printed in 1479. He was also the author of the first printed cookbook a collection of recipes from Martino di Como 1475. His description of events in the Vitis Pontificum around the 1456 appearance of Halley's comet during the reign of Pope Callixtus III gave rise to the persistent tale that the comet was excommunicated. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 046554. Cholini hardcover books
1604044714Hanover: Typis Wechelianis Wechel 1604. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary overlapping vellum slight soiling and discoloration but sound and attractive. Discoloration to endpapers old greek inscription to front blank final colophon leaf present. Two volumes bound in one each with a separate title page - printed in two columns the original Greek and the Latin translation. An attractive and well preserved edition of Diodorus of Sicily's history - the first volume is books 1-5 and the second 11-20 all that survive from antiquity with Henri Estienne's introduction from his 1559 edition. xxx 363 59; xii 1013 3pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044714. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis (Wechel) hardcover books
1671042306Amsterdam: Danielem Elsevirium Elsevir 1671. Second Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. The second edition of this important numismatic book by the scholar ambassador and tutor to Charles I Louis Elector Palatine. In text illustrations of coins throughout. Vellum cracked at joints and soiled but binding intact and firm. 46 917 51 index pp. Lacking the frontis. Size: Octavo 8vo. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 042306. <br/><br/> Danielem Elsevirium (Elsevir) hardcover books
1608038925Paris: Petri Chevalier 1608. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full early calf nicely rebacked. Some soiling in margins tabs added and some have torn off occasional early notes and underlining and a few small ink droplets. A nice wide margined scholarly edition of Tacitus and Velleius with a host of notes from earlier editors and an attractive title vignette. 3 volumes in 1; 20 1 276 708 154 151. Graesse VI 9. Size: Folio. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: history; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 038925. <br/><br/> Petri Chevalier hardcover books
1783046804London: R. Baldwin 1783. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Original leather backed boards quite worn hinges cracked shaken binding still more or less sound; scattered mostly modest foxing and browing. Originally the whole year but lacking the first 16 pages of January. July was the switch-over to being called The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved. Page 603 of the appendix prints The Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War - a very early appearance of the treaty which was signed September 3 1783. It also contains a section of American Papers with news from the colonies a list of the debts of the 13 states Washington's farewell address to the armed forces etc. Paginated continuously 17-640 a few plates. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 046804. R. Baldwin hardcover books
17184A collection of 43 original silver gelatin photographs from students at co-educational Monson Academy in Massachusetts c. 1899-1901. A large ornate leather album with cameo on cover. The antique album cover has gilt and and brown designs with a beautiful dark-haired woman's cameo in the center. Album size is aprox 11 x 9.5 in. This album contains 25 cabinet-sized 5 x 7" photos of male and female students and 18 smaller photographs approximately 3 x 5". Some photographs have handwritten pencil annotation with student's name and graduation year on photo verso. "W.H. Ballard Class '01 M.A." Primarily individual bust-length portraits though there are 3 group photos. An early photographic record of one of the first education movement opened to female students geared toward scientific courses. Monson Academy was founded in 1804 and is one the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the United Sates. It was the first prep academy in the US to enroll Chinese students in 1847. Yung Wing who later also became first Chinese graduate of an American university Yale University - 1854. Monson in the 1870's became a sciences school that prepared students for MIT. Today in the The school is known today as Wilbraham & Monsson; in 1971 it merged with Wilbraham Academy founded as Wesleyan Academy Some light wear and light foxing to pages but both the photos and the album are in very good condition. unknown books
186845516Colombo: printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society 1868. 12mo pp. 30; engraved title page; original stiff blue pictorial wrappers; spined ends cracked else very good. Despite the title this small pamphlet covers not only the geography of the island of what is now the country of Sir Lanka but also the people commerce and government. One copy in OCLC as of March 2021 at the NYPL. <br/><br/> printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society unknown books
18792316Connecticut 1879. Near Fine. Archive of 13 handwritten manuscript essays composed by a Connecticut schoolgirl. Comprised of approximately 40 pages of autograph material written in ink by the same neat hand and signed "Carrie Breed." In addition to titles the majority of essays are dated and include Breed's school name and location. An exciting and interesting look into the work of a diligent young woman excited in particular about the female authors of her own time.<br/><br/>Founded in 1851 Parker Academy was a boarding school that boasted "a healthy location a tidy village an orderly community and a most beautiful valley with pleasant surroundings -- a good place for an institution of education" Historic Buildings of Connecticut. While little else is known about the school the manuscript assignments of Carrie Breed reveal a curriculum that emphasized traditional feminine skills such as polite conversation and elegant handwriting as well as more rigorous subjects including literature composition and botany. The earliest works contained in this archive are three copy exercises assigned to Carrie to practice forming her handwriting; and they speak to her own burgeoning literary interests. The first "Scenes of Childhood" is an assignment drawn from Charles Northend's The American Speaker Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose Poetry or Dialogue Designed for Exercises in School 1856. Yet the two that follow later in the academic year of 1875-76 appear to be selections chosen by Carrie herself as an instructor has added pencil notations "taken from Miss Alcott in Little Women." Published not even a decade before Alcott's novel about sisterhood and women's lives made an impact on girls across America; and here with more assertive mature penmanship Carrie copies out the long passages of "My Beth" and "In the Garrett" written by Alcott's character the aspiring author Jo. <br/><br/>The remaining essays in the archive contain Carrie's own reflections and writing as she matures as a student and thinker. Content is largely focused on moral concepts such as Influence Benevolence and Hospitality although two essays also consider the domestic work of cultivating house plants and performing house cleaning. In two essays Carrie reflects on her relationship to the seasons and to the experience of walking in the woods. The final essay as she nears the end of her time in school and likely reflects on her future as a wife and mother she writes on Filial Trust. As the months and academic years pass it is possible to see her penmanship and her thinking begin to change from those of a girl into those of a young woman with her own mind.<br/><br/>With rich research possibilities in fields including but not limited to the history of women's education paleography contemporary receptions to women's literature the history of American education and gender studies. Near Fine. unknown books
15484Bibliotheque Universelle Dames Histoire" 30 Volumes. Vols. 1--30.-1st Edition Publication dates 1785-1788- in French- Published in Paris with approval of the King rue d'Anjou. Leather Binding Hardcover binding of tawny-brown leather. Covers with gold frames spine decorated with gilt motif and and black moroco labels with gilt titles . Book edges decorated with gold lines. Flyleaves are four-colour marbled paper. All pages gilt edges . full leather bindings with gilt and black labels on spines gilt trimmed boards. Some minor flaws in some volumes All bindings remain intact with secured boards. Inside contents are consistent of a single edition the pages are clean and text unmarked. Overall in very good condition and attractive.<br/><br/>"Bibliotheque Universelle Dames Histoire" The Universal Women's Library was produced to provide an audience of upper class women general knowledge. It should be noted that the set was published in France in the years leading up to the French Revolution. Originally thsee volumes were published over a 3 year period "under the aprouval of the King". Later the collection included other subjects during the the French revolution. The slow process of education reform to include women began in the 1840s after it was acknowledged that if women were the first educators of children then they needed a solid education. This set dating form 1785 predate that time by half a century and as such is a valuable early attempt that goes beyond most simple women education books. As with other books of the period the volumes were provided unbound to subscribers of the series who would have been responsible for their own bindings. unknown books
15971Princeton University "Princeton Alumni Weekly" Princeton N.J. Sept. 24 1968. Vol. LXIX No. 1. Titled "The Education of Women at Princeton: A Special Report; On the Desirability and Feasibility of Princeton Entering Significantly into the Education of Women at the Undergraduate Level." Inscribed by the Author on cover. In 1968 amid controversy and uncertainty concerning the acceptance of women at Princeton the President and Trustees authorized this extensive study to cover all aspects of the coeducation question. Published as an entire issue of the "Princeton Alumni Weekly" the result interprets multiple examples from other schools addresses arguments and concerns and imagines a coeducational Princeton of the not-so-distant future. It also includes the virulent minority opposition of Prof. Arthur Horton who fought the presence of women well after they became a normal feature of campus life. The positive decision came just in time for the April 1969 letters when for the first time the student body was joined by 148 women. Very good condition. This copy is notably inscribed to a woman "With the complement of the author/ 16 Sept 1968/ Princeton N.J." An important historical artifact of 1960's feminist academic reform. unknown books
16962Women's Education Photo album from woman student at co-educational Williamette University 1913-1915. Images come from campus events student plays and various outdoor locations around the college's location in Salem Oregon. 53 original silver gelatin print photographs of various sizes from 1.5 x 2.5" to 3.25 x 4.25". Many of the photos include brief captions identifying the location or event. Images dated from 1913-1915. Original black leather boards. 11 x 14 in. "Photographs" on cover with gilt detail and embossed flower motif. 32 pages last 14 blank. Photo of first page shows "Williamette University" spelled out on an earthen embankment. Willamette University was founded in 1842 as a coeducational institution and its first graduate was a woman. Album is full of images of women and men students learning and working together. Unsent color postcard of Eaton Hall at Williamette University. Many of the photographs focus on women students although there are many with mixed genders. Photo of a a group of women outside with books looking for birds labeled "Ornithologists". Photos of girl classmates "Gertrude-Alice / Inseparable friends". Even though Williamette was a co-educational college there were several university rules restricting contact between men and women students outside the classroom. One of the rules from the 1870s stipulated that women and men had to maintain a one-block distance between them while walking to class. Despite this young men and women worked together to form professional and personal connections. Photo of a man and woman seated at an outdoor table with an open book in front of them: "They said they were studying Zoology". In another image 3 men and 1 woman sit together writing and studying at a table with Corvallis Oregon written on a large bulletin board behind them. Photos specifically from graduation events. "Seniors 1915 Party at Grahams" 30 figures crowd behind a round table and over half are women. Photos from commencement day. 5 women in cap and gowns line up on a sidewalk. Flanked by two smaller snapshots from "The Campus Serpentine" in which the graduating class can be seen talking in a line around the campus. <br/><br/>Photos of different social events around the school and community. "Soph-Frosh Formal Reception 1913": over 50 young men in suits and women in long gowns and gloves pose around a lighted archway. "Kloshe Kitchen Force 1914" with 3 men and 1 woman in an industrial kitchen. The Kloshe Klub was a popular spot for students at the time. "Junior Feed in Gym": around 20 figures seated on either sides of a long table. "The gym feed aftermath" shows a team 9 women and men laughing together on an outdoor veranda. "A Quartette of Folk Dancers" "A Junior Quintette". The following page shows dancers in action in "A Fancy Minuet". Performing a play outside the school with specific images labelled "Queen Mary Enthroned" "Yes here is Marie also Ann" and "In Battle Array" from different points in the production. Some of the captions contain inside jokes or references. "The Father of 'Rats'" written under a photo of 4 women falling over from laughing with 1 man all around a pile of chopped firewood. Outdoor life around the college such as at Silver Creek an Oregon State Park. "'Cooed' Life at Silver Creek" Women wash dishes at an outdoor campsite. Two figures read books: "We like canoeing but sometimes we study". Another set of photos show people crowded at an outdoor table and seated on the grassy spot with picnic plates. "A full table under the Lausanne Maples". Very good condition. unknown books
1790CAT000091Paris: Hotel de Bouthillier 1790. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Later 1/4 morocco over boards. light wear at corners. Slight offsetting to text otherwise quite clean internally. xxxvii 121 5 109 3. Vicaire 348-9.<br/><br/>Scarce tract on the history trade use and chemical properties of coffee. At the end is a rather charming long poem on coffee translated from the Latin of Abbé Massieu. Size: 8vo octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000091. Hotel de Bouthillier hardcover books
1786310835Bristol 1786. Colored silk and wool threads on linen signed "M. Hume". With compass rose and floral cartouche. 19 x 14-1/2 inches. Toning some wear around edges losses to lettering in several spots. In later frame. Colored silk and wool threads on linen signed "M. Hume". With compass rose and floral cartouche. 19 x 14-1/2 inches. A nice example of an embroidered map sampler which were an important component of girls' education in Britain and America from 1770-1840. This one meticulously labels all of the English counties the seas and channels and includes part of Scotland to the north and the east coast of Ireland and is signed by its maker one M. Hume of Bristol.<br/><br/>"One academic subject that was consistently considered important for both boys and girls after reading writing and arithmetic was geography. Geography was considered a science at this time and . it was the first science taught to girls in the US . Many girls were taught to read but not write. With the exception of some diaries or letters or of marginalia there is little to tell us how children learned to read do arithmetic or write. Map samplers . by students are tangible examples of women's schoolwork. These were time-consuming projects normally framed and hung with pride to show a young lady's educational attainments" Tyner Stitching the World. unknown books
18482532Brimfield MA 1848. Columbian Writing Book #7 Designed for Use in Schools. Blue stitched paper wraps with flag and manicule motifs to front cover and general directions for proper handwriting on rear cover. Completely filled and comprised of 20 densely written manuscript pages in ink and pencil created by Ada N. Kenney of Brimfield Mass who leaves her ownership information in pencil on the front wrap. A lovely and fascinating historical document tracing both the method by which a young woman developed her hand as well as how such lessons served the additional purpose of indoctrinating her into socially-appropriate femininity.<br/><br/>Ada Kenney's copybook contains a neat and precise hand throughout which suggests that she was educated and belonged to the rising middle class. Meticulous and organized Ada breaks her book into two clear sections. The first 9 pages contain precisely copied and repeated sentences such as "Assiduity in labor produces fame and fortune" "Cherish sentiments of charity towards all men" "Discretion of speech is superior to eloquence" and "Immodest words are in all cases indefensible." As the lines get repeated 19 times each in the alphabetical order dictated by the first word it is clear that Ada is being trained in an elegant cursive. Yet the content of the lines and their repetition also serve as lessons to her about the value of female silence virtue and chastity. By the second half of the book Ada commits another 9 pages to carefully copying out poetry; and here her choices push up against the demure repetitions of the previous pages. "Long Fanny Gray" "The Troubedour" Gaily the Troubadour Touched his Guitar and "Highland Mary" are each ballads of romance and flirtation love and loss. These selections suggest a burgeoning interest in courtship and men as well as women's expressions of desire and jealousy. By the final 2 pages Ada shifts into much less organized quotations jotting down random lines of poetry in French and English alongside several names of friends and relatives. <br/><br/>A fascinating and valuable historical document with research potential including but not limited to paleography education theory and practice gender studies literature and poetry and the transmission of folk tales and folk music. unknown books
1611044067Venice: Alessandro Vecchi 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked a few mild creases and tears light to moderate foxing scattered light damp staining to bottom margin four pages in early or contemporary manuscript apparently a printing error pages 114 115 126 and 127. 27 366 2 296pp 175 leaves. With 26 full page woodcuts with a few repeated and numerous in text woodcuts. The first book is festooned with cuts with a few in the second and smaller vignette illustrations in the third book. A very attractively illustrated work - it went through a number of editions with similar illustrations from 1604 to the late 17th century. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044067. <br/><br/> Alessandro Vecchi hardcover books
1844046060New York: Nafis & Cornish 1844. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in recent black buckram front blanks retained. Old signature to endpaper occasional browning and foxing light dampstain to final 10 pages frontis trimmed to plate edge but with no loss of image"Edward Stiff" inked in on title. The frontis is the earliest view of Austin. 2 blanks frontis title vii-xxii 23-275pp. Streeter I 344 1st ed. Howes L 154 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046060. <br/><br/> Nafis & Cornish hardcover books
1665045383Madrid: Pablo de Val 1665. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties endpapers replaced title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge text block loose from binding title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it is repaired by pasting an old original drawing of a villa to the verso small tear to first page of dedication with an old repair. Foxing mostly minor browning some worming in the margins with old paper repairs touching a letter or two in the bottom margin and touching the gloss in a few spots in the inner gutter but minor and contained overall one old marginal note mostly clean. 32 372pp. Nuñez de Castro was the official chronicler of Philip IV of Spain the second to last of the Castilian kings. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045383. <br/><br/> Pablo de Val hardcover books
