Description: A Treatise on Domestic Economy. For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School. By Miss Catherine E. Beecher, Revised Edition, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1858, 369 pp plus index, tan blind stamped cloth, 7.75 x 5”, 12mo. In as-is condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and edges. Corners bumped with soiling to surface of cloth. Spine abraded with heavy wear, nearly perished. Loss at ends. Bookplate of Penn State architecture professor Maurice Robert des Marias on pastedown. Front gutter quite fragile and cracked. Binding mesh exposed. Fly clipped at corner. Some circling in pencil in the index. Text block lightly toned with scattered instances of foxing. Small instances of age staining throughout. Binding shaken but intact. Please see photos. 3rd edition, scarce. Catherine Beecher Stowe (1800-1878) sister of novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe, was an American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her support for incorporating kindergarten into children’s education. She explains the responsibilities of women in providing healthful food for their families as well as clothing, cleanliness, exercise, manners, child raising, gardening and more. COLU1858ADFD-923
Price: 150 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Author: Catherine E. Beecher
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Topic: Domestic Arts
Subject: Reference
Original/Facsimile: Original
