A mirror for the female sex. Historical beauties for young ladies. Intended to lead the female mind to the love and practice of moral goodness

by Pilkington Mrs, Mary Hopkins

$375 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin, for Oliver D. and I. Cooke, 1799. First American edition, 12mo, pp. xxiv, 211, 1 ads; contemporary full calf, boards scuffed with morocco label on spine partially perished, light stain in gutter of last few leaves, else clean and sound. Mary Pilkington was primarily a governess and a novelist, with over 40 titles attributed to her. Her Mirror was intended as a textbook to aid in instructing girls in school. It led a

• Binding: Leather

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