(COPLEY, Esther) Female Excellence; or, Hints to daughters. Designed for their use from the time of leaving school, till their settlement in life. By a mother. 16mo. R.T.S. [c.1850]
Half title, 6pp ads. Contemp. full dark blue morocco, profusely blocked in gilt; v. sl. rubbed. a.e.g. v.g.
¶Self improvement, personal habits, employment, domestic & social relations, anticipating matrimony, vicissitudes. With an extended gift inscription on leading f.e.p., 'To Agnes Greenway, from C.W.L., Feby 14. 1856. "Read - mark - learn - inwardly digest" It will serve you for this transitory here, and help you on to that great hereafter, which knows no end'.
Stock #82593
£75
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
