1799 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT BEAUTIES & WONDERS of NATURE & ART antique AMERICANA
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MENTAL IMPROVEMENT:
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BEAUTIES and WONDERS of NATURE and ART
by Priscilla Wakefield
New Bedford; 1799
Size 4 by 7"
Original calf, worn binding, front cover detached.
264 pages
text in English
In the final decades of the eighteenth century, a small group of women were particularly prominent as writers of educational books for women. Priscilla Wakefield was one of them, active 1770-1832 in England, Britain, Europe. Mental Improvement presents Wakefield's lessons for young people on a wide variety of topics, from whaling and seashells to painting on glass and the origin of navigation, are presented in fictional conversations of an eighteenth-century family.
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or the
BEAUTIES and WONDERS of NATURE and ART
by Priscilla Wakefield
New Bedford; 1799
Size 4 by 7"
Original calf, worn binding, front cover detached.
264 pages
text in English
In the final decades of the eighteenth century, a small group of women were particularly prominent as writers of educational books for women. Priscilla Wakefield was one of them, active 1770-1832 in England, Britain, Europe. Mental Improvement presents Wakefield's lessons for young people on a wide variety of topics, from whaling and seashells to painting on glass and the origin of navigation, are presented in fictional conversations of an eighteenth-century family.
Reserve: $126.00
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Photos, descriptions, and estimates were prepared with the utmost care by a fully certified expert and appraiser. All items in this sale are guaranteed authentic.
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1799 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT BEAUTIES & WONDERS of NATURE & ART antique AMERICANA
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