Letters to a Young Lady on a Variety of Subjects: Calculated to Improve the Heart, to Inform the Manners, and Enlighten the Understanding

by Rev. John Bennett

$3,000 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

Hartford CT : Hudson & Goodwin, 1791. First American edition. Two volumes bound in one. Contemporary calf rebacked to style with morocco spine label. A tight, square copy. Contemporary ownership signature of Mary L. Hurd to header of first title page; pencil equations to the rear pastedown. Light scattered foxing and toning throughout, as is common in American imprints of this period; closed

• Binding: Leather

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