ID 967398
Lot 202 | The Boarding School
Valeur estimée
$ 1 000 – 2 000
First edition of Foster's second novel, in a contemporary binding, following The Coquette by a year. Like her previous work, The Boarding School was a didactic novel. Its description of a finishing school and its curriculum importantly documents late-18th-century female education. BAL 6242; Wright 984.
12mo (171 x 102mm). (Staining to prelims, some spotting, hinges cracked.). Contemporary sheep (rubbed, chipping to spine ends, a little worming to rear board touching rear flyleaf). Provenance: Hannah Weed (ownership signature to front endpaper, dated 1800).
| Artiste: | Hannah Webster Foster (1758 - 1840) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Etats-Unis |
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| Artiste: | Hannah Webster Foster (1758 - 1840) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Etats-Unis |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Livres imprimés |
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