Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education. With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune

Published by Printed by John Babcock, for O. D. & I. Cooke, Hartford, 1801

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First Hartford issue of the American edition. Two volumes in one. 12mo. Each volume with a separate title page and pagination. Contemporary tree calf. Binding and both shoulders worn, foredge dampstained on the first few leaves (minorly affecting the signatures) and foxing throughout, a good copy. This copy with the ownership Signature of Julius Deming (1755-1838), Captain of Cavalry during the Revolutionary War and later a prominent Connecticut businessman and politician. Also with the ownership signatures of Dory Demings, whom we believe to be either Deming's wife or daughter (both named Dorothy), dated February, 1802; lastly, the signature of Lucretia Deming Perkins, noting "From her Grandfather's Estate. Litchfield. 1839" in the same hand. A well-used copy of this influential work by More, printed in Connecticut a year after the first American edition, and with the signature of a Revolutionary War Cavalry Captain as well as by two female relatives.

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Title
Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education. With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune
Author
MORE, Hannah
Publisher
Printed by John Babcock, for O. D. & I. Cooke, Hartford
Publication year
1801
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover

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