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The Toilet, embroidery, and flowers / with an introduction, by Mary W. Janvrin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision.
- Youth's cabinet ; v. 4
- Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young women--Conduct of life.
- Young women.
- Costume.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Needlework.
- Botany.
- Flowers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 70, 16 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- E.O. Libby and Company
- Notes:
- "This little volume is principally designed for young lady readers ... it treats of the two principal employments which occupy, too often, the greater portion of their time, namely, the toilet, and the fashionable occupation of embroidery."--Preface, p. [iii]-vii, signed Mary W. Janvrin, and dated at Exeter, Nov., 1857.
- In purple cloth.
- Some wood engravings signed by Alonzo Hartwell, Alexander Anderson, "JCC," and "Bowen" [i.e., Abel Bowen?]. Gilt engraving on upper cover signed: J. & L. Berry.
- "The youth's cabinet. Vol. IV."--series title, transcribed from head of title page.
- "New books published by E.O. Libby & Company."--catalogue, [1] leaf before text, and 16 p. at end.
- "Youth's cabinet ... The toilet, embroidery, flowers ... Price per set ... $3.00. These pretty volumes are put in a box"--p. 12, at end.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 1162491307
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