The Lady's Country Companion; or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally (Presentation copy)

by Loudon, [Jane]

$1,350 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. First edition. Very Good. Presentation copy, inscribed "To Mrs. Norman with the kind regards of the author" on upper flyleaf. Rebound in modern half brown leather over marbled boards. Octavo. Dampstaining to frontispiece, but largely clean throughout. Octavo. xi, 396, 32 [publisher's catalogue] pp. Complete with frontispiece and three full-page illustrations, plus text figures. Very Good. A scarce example of Jane Loudon's practical advice to women who find themselves living in the countryside, OCLC records only six copies in the United States. Jane Loudon, nèe Webb (1807 - 1858), horticulturalist and early science fiction writer, compiled "the present work, which is the only one I have ever written with any reference to farming...principally for the use of ladies who have been brought up in a town but who from circumstances have been induced to reside in the country...Having lived in the country myself, I know both the inconveniences and enjoyments...in the following pages I have endeavored to save my readers the pain of buying their own experience." Across the book, Loudon addresses the kinds of loneliness and monotony women might encounter when separated from the kind of feminine company available in town. She also gives practical input on the real work of the countryside so that women would not solely rely on men: advice on building fires; on laying out kitchen gardens and managing fruit trees; on keeping livestock and fis

• Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
• Year: 1845
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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