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1738045053London: Paul & Isaac Vaillant 1738. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in contemporary calf gilt. Hinges a bit rubbed wear at corners ding to one spot on the spine of volume 1 leather repair to one corner - an attractive set overall. Title pages in red and black scattered light foxing but an attractively printed and clean set. The history covers 1490-1534. xxxxii 620pp; xi 604pp; viii 476pp index. Size: Quarto 4to. 3-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045053. <br/><br/> Paul & Isaac Vaillant hardcover books
1824044209London: J. Robins 1824. Later Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in half reverse calf over marbled boards with attractively gilt spines 1824-26. Each volume with a frontis and in text illustrations throughout. Moderate foxing throughout small water droplet mark to one frontis otherwise clean. An attractively bound set of this popular history of the unsavory. iv 518 2; 500 2; 499 3; 404 2pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. Inventory No: 044209. <br/><br/> J. Robins hardcover books
1793046905Dublin: W. McKenzie 1793. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in half green calf over marbled boards. Scattered foxing some browning in upper margin - quite clean overall. 292pp; 419pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046905. W. McKenzie hardcover books
1659046187London: John Streater or Simon Miller 1659. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Later paneled and gilt calf hinges a bit rubbed cracking and weakening but still an attractive binding; bookplates of Charles John Shopee on pastedown and added endpaper. Either the 1659 or 1663 edition of Thomas Langley's translation and abridgement of Vergil's De inventoribus rerum. Lacking the title and preliminaries - the 1663 edition was the same as the 1659 but with the title and preliminaries canceled likely this was a leftover that was canceled but not bound up with the new title page the 1663 had no preliminaries. Scattered minor foxing minor old marks short notes underlines and soiling small burn mark in one margin and a tiny hole at the upper right of page 1 trimmed a little close in spots but not obscuring any text. 311 26pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; History. Inventory No: 046187. <br/><br/> John Streater or Simon Miller hardcover books
16878Women Education Handwritten memory and scrapbook form a Texas high school girl 1923-1925. Filled with over 25 handwritten inscriptions from friends and teachers as well an original handwritten story about the graduating class 85 silver gelatin print photographs and 85 pieces of ephemera including ribbons party invitations and press clippings. Original cloth boards. 10.25 x 7 in. "The Girl Graduates Record Book." Designed by Victor de Kubinyi. New York: Barse & Hopkins copyright 1920. Embossed detail flower motif on front cover. 190 pages. Photo dimensions 4.5 x 2.75 in. Album belonged to Ola Chamberlain of Goree TX. Table of Contents lists pages in which handwritten memories can be recorded on: Class Yell Motto Class Officers Autographs Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Social Events Vacations Athletics Presents Jokes & Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. Second page includes photograph of school building labelled by album owner: "Goree High School The Prison". Photographs of friends with colorful nicknames such as Lilliums Hankie and Shot Gun and a few lines about their character. "Pie Face. He still says he is a member of the class. He is the star of the basketball team of nearly all counties." "Preacher. Life's a jest and all things show it / I though so and now I know it." "Shot Gun. He makes it to school about once a week." In one photo she's drawn a text bubble coming from the mouth of a lone figure reminiscing on the day that image was taken: "We did get to go somewhere that day after all didn't we hon Busy that was some grand picnic eh old dear And just think of the many adventures that my old straw derby hat in photo has accompanied us on!"<br/><br/>22 handwritten inscriptions from friends and classmates; some write short poems while other recall their shared memories and some give compliments on the owner's academic accomplishments. "Remember me early; Remember me late; Remember the day you went to the lake." "Dearest Ola Our memories from Child-hood days have gone on through High School days. Now as we must say good bye to those old days the memories we shall never forget. In our arithmetic class you were always at your best. Nowa s you are going from school life into life's school may you find all your problems as easy as they were. " "To know you was to love you. Well I know you and the result was inevitable. The only regret I have is I have known you only two years of high school work.In the classroom especially math you are a wizard-ess." "I'll never forget the first time I met you. We were in the seventh grade and you come to visit our school. You thought we were very mean didn't you I liked you then but I didn't think of you becoming my best pal nor did I dream of the many good times we were to have together.you have proved to be a true pal and a real sport; and I'll always love you." 4 inscriptions from teachers which touch upon future wishes for students. "Life's School is open to you. I your teacher am sure of one thing-that you will learn life's lesson s well even as you have learned them in olde Goree HS.; and will be successful in all your undertakings." <br/><br/>Original handwritten story in the Class Prophecy section titled "And How It All Came Out" that explains the life paths for all fo the students in the graduating class. The story is presented as a supernatural vision that the Texas high school student experienced. "My mind wandered back to old Goree High School and the buoyant hearts it held in 1924-'25. Suddenly I caught sight of a flower. 'Why there's our class flower' I almost shouted. Eagerly I plucked it and tested its fragrance. The odor seemed to give me a magic power. I examined one petal closely and a strange vision stole over me. When I regained my senses I was in a crowded New York Department Store.'Oh I'm head of the ladies glove department in this joint' yawned Gladys after our greetings.Next I found myself in a little West Texas town standing in front of a small and dingy office which bore the label of "Sheriff".the Sheriff was a young women of twenty who greeted me.and she told me that Franklin White was Mayor of the town while Norine was his private secretary.As I sat talking with my two friends their faces seemed suddenly to grow dim and to fade from my sight. A moment later I found myself back int eh little retreat with only the naked stalk of our class flower remaining."<br/><br/>Recordings of the Class Motto "Out of school life into life's school." Photos of class officers President Poet and Reporter and different groups such as The Spanish Class the Pep Club and the "Senior Girls." 8 photos of the class dressed in colonial era costumes for a performance or event titled The Virginia Reel. Includes Commencement invitation and programs. 7 certificates for perfect attendance and 1 Texas Public School Report Card with grades in Geometry English Physics Civics Economics and Arithmetic. She also received marks in "Home Report" from her parents in subjects of Cooking Care of Stock General Farm Work Providing Fuel Washing Dishes and Obedience. Newspaper clippings about the boys baketball team and the games in Knox Country against Rochester and Stamford. "Goree Basketeers Win County Title". Photographs of the team members in uniform. Many handwritten memories of parties and fun events recorded by album owner: "On Wednesday nite.the Senior girls motored out to Gladys' to spend the nite." Pressed sweet pea flower dated May 15 1925. First two pages detached. Front hinge detached. Toning to edges of pages. Some pages quite brittle pages with small chips at edges. Good condition. unknown books
17120Women Education Photo album from female student at Lasell College the first two-year college for women in America. 108 original silver gelatin print photographs. Circa 1905-1906. Photographs of various size from 2 x 3" to 4 x 6". Snapshots of young women students in their dormitory performing theater productions celebrating May Day traditions and in cap and gown for graduation exercises. Images of Lassell Campus in Newton MA. Original black cloth boards. 10 x 12.5 inches. 48 pages. Photographs from inside dormitory rooms show a 1906 calendar and ephemera from other local colleges such as Harvard University; in one image the girls visit nearby Wellesley MA. Original owner Leila Hoffman. Founded in 1851 as the Auburndale Female Seminary Lasell was the first two-year college for women in the country at a time when a woman's place was considered to be in the home not in the classroom. Lasell was renowned as an academically rigorous institution and prestigious school with a highly scientific approach to domestic work art and music. As an innovative institution known for a radical approach to women's education at the time Lasell also administered the Harvard exams and offered law courses for women. In 1932 Lasell officially became Lasell Junior College and in 1989 the school was chartered as a four-year institution Lasell College. In 1997 Lasell became co-educational and opened its doors to men. The campus is situated in suburban Newton Massachusetts eight miles from downtown Boston. In very good condition. unknown books
1689045450London: N.P. 1689. Later Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition. Later leather backed boards worn front cover detached. Original pamphlet browned and worn at the edges first three and final two pages trimmed at the lower right just touching the gloss on the second to last page but no other text; otherwise intact. 4271pp written by Edward Sexby under the pseudonym William Allen and often attributed to Colonel Titus. At one time a parliamentarian and involved in the capture of Charles in 1647 he later became disaffected with Cromwell and wrote the pamphlet Killing No Murder in 1657 arguing that the murder of a tyrant was no murder. He was captured in 1657 on a return visit to England to instigate a rebellion was interrogated by Cromwell and imprisoned in the tower of London where he died the next year 1658. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 045450. <br/><br/> N.P. hardcover books
16427Girls' Education Original vintage cross-stitch sampler. 1815. 11.5" x 15" in. Alphabet cross-stitched in capital and lower case letters with decorative embroidered border and information on maker stitched at bottom: "Mary Ruffle October 25 1815 Aged 9". Samplers were valuable parts of girls' education from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries as it demonstrated both their skill in needlepoint and their achievements in literacy. From the 1800s the very first schools and academies for young women in America had their students create needlepoint pieces with decorative motifs such as verses or the entire alphabet being stitched on the sampler. The parents of these young women proudly displayed their embroideries as showpieces of their daughter's talent and status. In recent years these samplers have become important in museum collections as representations of early American female education. Alphabet "&" numbers 1 through 8 and motif of trees vines flowers and a crown in navy orange pink dark green brown and white thread. C. Toned. Few threads frayed. Very good. unknown books
1679045188Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano 1679. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf heavily worn at the corners recently neatly respined. Browning to page edges otherwise clean internally. A nice Greek/Latin edition of this Sixth century Byzantine history. viii 384pp. Lacking front and rear blanks. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045188. <br/><br/> E Theatro Sheldoniano hardcover books
1979CAT000490London: Prospect Books 1979. Softcover. Very Good Condition. The first 64 issues w/ the supplement to issue 3 of the great food history journal begun by Alan Davidson in 1979. Slight soiling to a few issues very light wear very good or better. Issue 1 is a second printing the first was only 500 copies. An invaluable resource. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000490. Prospect Books unknown books
192016064Nashville TN ca. early 1920s to late 1930s. Very good. Collection of 100 items/3” linear approx. belonging to student of Peabody College for Teachers comprised primarily of personal papers relating to the student’s course materials schedules receipts graduation forms and invitations a photograph of classmates social club rosters directories correspondence and promotional material issued by the college including brochures newsletters bulletins solicitations alumni association and other assorted materials. Some toning wear. Generally very good. <br/><br/>Archive a student who received his BS MA and PhD at Peabody as well as that of his wife who also graduated from Peabody with a BS. The couple were both heavily involved in the school members of numerous social organizations and active in student government he was president of the senior class of '26. The promotional material in the collection shows that the college which had reorganized and opened a new campus directly across from Vanderbilt University in 1914 was in the midst of major construction and expansion projects during this time; many pieces show photographs and renderings of new or planned buildings. The college at that time the largest teachers' college in the South was incorporated into Vanderbilt in 1979. A varied education archive particularly rich with detail of curricula and student life. unknown books
1685041459's Gravenhage: Johan Veely Tongerloo Jasper Doll 1685. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary leather worn at edges heavily at corners hinges rubbed spine cracked but binding firm and intact. Bright internally wear to endpapers. Attractively engraved added title page. Printed in two columns 1520 numbered leaves. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 041459. <br/><br/> Johan Veely, Tongerloo, Jasper Doll hardcover books
16740Women Education Girl student's laboratory notebook of 38 experiments and 30 scientific drawings at Wadleigh High School in 1903 only 16 years of existence New York City's first public high school for girls. 8 x 7 in. Original maroon boards. 142 pages first 97 pages filled with handwriting in pencil. All experiments dated 1903. "to be pasted on outside cover of note book. Borough of Manhattan New York City Wadleigh High School January 12 1904. This notebook contains the original notes of Sylvia DeGiorgio on laboratory work done under my immediate supervision. All numerical data and all notes descriptive of apparatus process and resulting phenomena were written in the laboratory at the time when the experiment was performed. Florence Hermann Teacher." Records 38 experiments that explore different topics in physical science such as: Verify the Law of Flotation Prove that a lever acts as if its mass were collected at one point Determine the mechanical advantages and law of inclined plane and Determine chemical action in a simple voltaic cell. Experiments contain tables to record data and observations with 30 scientific hand drawings in pencil to accompany lab notes. "I placed a 100g weight in such a position as that it would not roll and on it placed a meter stick and balanced it. I placed a 50g weight on the 17 cm mark and determined where a 20g weight should be applied to balance it. I then calculated the distance of 50 g or Force A from the fulcrum and also of 20g on Force B by subtracting the distance fo the position of A from the fulcrum and of B from the fulcrum. Then I multiplied the weight or magnitude of A by the calculated distance of A from the fulcrum and of B likewise the product was the moment of the force and the products of A and B should equal. I performed the same operation tree other times each time placing the weight-at different points on the stick. The movements of the forces acting on one part of the lever should equal the movement of the forces acting on another part of the lever."<br/><br/>Wadleigh High School was first founded in 1897 when secondary education for girls especially immigrants was considered highly novel; this important school led the way for other educational reforms in the country and also led to more job opportunities for women to work as higher level teachers. This student Sylvia DeGiorgio was from an immigrant family with several members born abroad in Italy Malta and Egypt and the school took pride in both the academic as well as social education it provided to its girls students taking pride in the "gentlewomen" who graduated from the school. 2 loose pages recount the births and deaths of family members. First 2 pages detached. Loose hinges. Boards worn at extremities. Clean crisp interior. Very good condition. unknown books
15684Children's Welfare New York City Scrapbook of "The Little Mothers' Aid Society" to assist poor girls burdened with domestic labor in New York City tenements. Filled with 103 pieces of ephemera including handbills pamphlets newspaper clippings event tickets and annual reports from 1890-1898. Textured cloth boards. 16 x 12 in. Decorative floral design color illustration of young girl and typed label "Clippings 1890 to 1898" on front cover. 60 pages last 11 are blank. The Little Mother's Aid Society was created to help young girls who were primary caregivers to younger siblings. From one 1896 pamphlet: "Who are the Little Mothers" "The little girls who can have no share in the vacations provided by the Fresh Air Fund being constantly occupied with the care of their homes and the younger children while their mothers are at work. Heavily burdened and cheerless their lives know little of childhood's joys or the benefits of education. For the past five years the Little Mothers Aid Association has thrown some brightness into these grey lives by summer day outings and winter entertainments. Nearly eight thousand children have been taken from the crowded dingy tenements and given a day's happiness in the daisies fields and apple-laden orchards of Pelham Park." According to the organization's mission its members aim "to lighten the unusual and unrequited labors of these children and to promote the home comfort of their families." As part of the program adult "Chaperones" arranged "care of the babies and the homes by day" during outings as well as "suitable clothing" playtime in parks and twice weekly meals and baths for the girls. Little Mothers' Motto: "To do all the good I can To all the people I can In every way I can." The group mentions both recreational and education goals in their list of Methods: "Giving Summer Outing with abundant food a salt-water bath care-free play gifts of fruit and flowers to take home. Entertainments at Thanksgiving Christmas and Easter and Reunion for story-telling and song. The circulation of books and leaflets written for them: 'How to Keep Well' 'How to Behave' and 'Rules for the Care of Baby.'" Includes fundraiser and event information as musical performances to support the organization's work. Front cover is detached. Interior in very good condition. unknown books
1673045461Helmstedt: Henningum Mullerum 1673. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum a bit soiled but sound and attractive. Light browning internally but a clean crisp copy; lacking the front blanks. 2 volumes in 1. 16 824 104 43pp. First edition of Clasen's work on the Sibylline oracles which also adds Sébastien Castellion and Onofrio Panvino's important 16th century works on the same topic. Size: Quarto 4to. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 045461. <br/><br/> Henningum Mullerum hardcover books
1591CAT0004511591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving light foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting.<br/><br/>It reads translation from Discovering the New World Based on the Works of Theodore de Bry Harper & Row 1976: As can be seen from the preceding illustrations this area abounds with very agreeable little islands. The rivers are not deep; the pure clear water scarcely reaches the chest. When the Indians want to make an enjoyable excursion with their wives and children they go to these islands. They either swim across the river for they are excellent swimmers or they wade across carrying the little children. In fact the mothers can manage three children at once the smallest on a shoulder clutching its hand and the other two under her arms. With the free hand the women carry a basket full of fruit or other food for the occasion. For fear of meeting enemies the men carry bows and arrows. In order not to wet them they attach the quiver to their hair and hold the bows stretched and ready with and arrow prepared instantly to defend themselves as can be seen in our engraving. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000451. unknown books
1836250119Vienna: Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchhandlung 1836. Engraved title A. Hofbauer sc. and 72 lithographic or engraved plates by Seipp Boehm Rieder Weinrauch Zastera on 70 leaves including two folding plates 67-68 world historical map Friedrich Treu lith.; 70-71 world ethnographical map. Plates 32 and 39 bound out of order. Without text volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter calf and brown cloth. Some external rubbing minor soiling to a few plates fold of 70-71 a bit toned generally clean. Very good. Engraved title A. Hofbauer sc. and 72 lithographic or engraved plates by Seipp Boehm Rieder Weinrauch Zastera on 70 leaves including two folding plates 67-68 world historical map Friedrich Treu lith.; 70-71 world ethnographical map. Plates 32 and 39 bound out of order. Without text volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Finely detailed plates of symbolic and instructional images for use in educating deaf-mutes including hand signals prepared by Czech director of the Institute for Deaf Mute instruction in Vienna. Plate 72 shows a chart for 1837 of European Institutions for Deaf-Mute Instruction and also for the Blind with comparative distances.<br/><br/>Plate volume only without the accompanying text. Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchhandlung unknown books
1791041015London: J. Rivington 1791. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf external hinge cracking but held by cords and secure. Modest wear at corners. Fold out map with light browning at edges but otherwise bright. An attractive copy of this scholarly edition of Demosthenes in Greek and Latin. Armorial bookplate of the Cholmeley Baronet - Brandsby. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; History. Inventory No: 041015. <br/><br/> J. Rivington hardcover books
1783045309Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira 1783. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately gilt red morocco densely tooled with an array of fleur de lis and other fleurons. Light wear and rubbing mostly at the corners. Minor worming to endpaper minor stains to title and a few other spots. Lacking one signature pages 177-192 otherwise very good internally; sold as a fine binding example. A fine example of 18th century Portuguese bookbinding - more similar to fine 17th century French bindings. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045309. <br/><br/> Simão Thaddeo Ferreira hardcover books
1600046524Geneva: Paulus Stephanus Paul Estienne 1600. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Early paneled calf rebacked ca. 19th c. endpapers refreshed hinges worn and cracked held by cords corners bumped wear at edges title foxed scattered mostly light foxing and browning - generally quite clean internally and an attractively printed Estienne edition of Pliny's letters. 28 646 blank 28 8 168 151 pp. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046524. Paulus Stephanus (Paul Estienne) hardcover books
1562045392Venice: Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista 1562. Early Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Good Condition. Rebound in modern sheep front endpapers replaced minor worming and modest staining throughout but still an attractive copy of this early Italian edition. With historiated initials - separate section titles but continuously paginated. 16 375pp with a printers mark on the verso of page 375. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045392. <br/><br/> Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista hardcover books
17149Girls' Education. Handwritten monthly Teacher's records from November 1873 to April 1883. Teacher's Monthly Reports for Penns Creek School Number 6 in Limestone School District Union County Pennsylvania. Issued by the Department of Common Schools Union Co. Penn. Harrisburg: Benj. Singerly State Printer 1873. Original paper boards. 92 pages. size: 16 x 11.5 in. Ledgers include names of Male and Female students in separate columns. While there is a sharp gender imbalance recorded in the first month 17 boys to 6 girls by the end of the record book there are even numbers of male and female students; and in some months such as November 1877 there are significantly more girl names listed. In the second half of the 19th century there were rapid gains for women's education in the United States as common schools spread over the Northeast and provided public education for both girls and boys. With the growth of common schools and more educational opportunities for girls more women at this time were also working in schools as teachers and headmistresses. <br/><br/>In these ledger books teachers were to record numerous statistics related to their classes including: Names and Ages of Pupils Attendance Lateness and Absence Number of Days Attended Number of Days belonged. Total Attendance for Term Progress and Conduct and Number of Pupils. "So important are the items of statistics under this head that no teacher should be allowed to draw his salary until he has them all currently entered for the month." The teachers were also instructed to record other important statistics including: Number Admitted since first of June til Date Whole Number in Attendance during Month Average Attendance during Month Average Attendance during Term till date Percentage of Attendance Visits by County Superintendent Books Used Pupils without Necessary Books and Certificates and Receipts. Includes 2 sheets about planning school curriculum pasted to back end papers. Light toning some light stains. In very good condition. unknown books
1672046190Venice: Combi & La Noù 1672. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Fair Condition. First Italian Edition in soiled and worn but intact contemporary vellum endleaves refreshed. Modest foxing and browning a few tears including one across the center of the first pages repair to extra engraved title - significant and pervasive worming to text block touching many letters and engravings but not greatly affecting sense. Signature k bound out of order. 12 296pp. First published in English in 1668; a fair to good copy of a finely illustrated history. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046190. <br/><br/> Combi & La Noù hardcover books
1580045019Venice: Stamerla della Luna 1580. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary limp vellum soiled a few old stamps to spine lacking front endpaper and pastedown torn. A few pencil marks to table and errata otherwise clean - a nicely printed edition of Sonsovino's history of the world. It appeared a year before his celebrated history of Venice. liv 2 303pp. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045019. <br/><br/> Stamerla della Luna hardcover books
1708719th c. Women Education Archive of 6 handwritten letters from a student at Lewisburg Seminary an all Women academy in Pennsylvania. 1868-1869. She writes on her education to become a teacher tuition and family matters. 5 letters come with original mailing envelopes. 8.25 x 5.5 in. Each letter is 3 or 4 pages long; final letter is only 1 page. The letters are dated: December 27 1868; January 9 1869; February 3 1869; February 13 1869; February 27 1869; February 1869 original mailing envelope is postmarked March 1. Lewisburg Seminary was the female branch of the University at Lewisburg now known as Bucknell University. In all of her letters student Libbie Grant talks on the importance of her education. In the first letter she offers to help her recently widowed brother but that school was also a priority for her: "If you want to keep house the rest of the winter I will come tome and do my best. It will seem so hard to board right away. I don't know how I can stay here all next term without seeing any of you but shall content myself if you don't wish me to come. It is for my own benefit to get an education." In the January letter she lists subjects she is taking in school: "I study Grammar Physiology Geography and Astronomy." She gives a lengthier update in the February 3 letter: "I get along very well in my studies much better than I did last term. Miss Brown said there was a mistake made in my report and Scripture is excellent also Spelling. I do not get as homesick as I did last term." In one letter Libbie writes on how nervous she is regarding her future: "When I think of the future I feel sad to think I must wander from place to place." She is likely referring to various places where she would work as a teacher. In the February 13 letter her teacher Miss Brown adds a line about Libbie's next steps likely where she will work as a new teacher: "I trust she will succeed in getting a pleasant school for the summer."<br/><br/>Libbie also writes on financial matters requesting money from her brother for tuition and clothing. She stresses the necessity of new clothes which seem "unnecessary" to her brother Robert Grant residing in rural upstate New York; this highlights some one of the different social challenges that young women from rural backgrounds faced while living in and attending schools in cities. In the February 13 letter she writes about how she needs money for clothes to wear and new shoes; she is clearly distressed as her brother residing in Neversink NY seems unconvinced that new shoes and Church appropriate clothing is necessary. "I write this with my eyes full of tears for I know your thoughts. I know you think these re all unnecessary. They would be if I were home and I could get along with less." Miss Brown's addendum on the following page affirms Libbie's need of money and assures her brother that these items are necessary and his sister is "exceedingly economical." Lewisburg Seminary was originally the female branch of the University at Lewisburg which later became Bucknell University. In 1852 the Female Institute was established to exclusively educate women at the University. All letters in very good condition. A lovely collection of letters from a young woman studying to be a teacher in the 19th c. unknown books
