Religious and literary commonplace book of a young woman

by Commonplace Book, Frances Phoebe Newton, Spirituality

$1,250 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

England : 1841-1867. Full sheep embossed in blind with gilt to front board, measuring 200 x 160mm and comprised of 155 manuscript pages. A gift inscription to the front pastedown reads Frances Phoebe Newton, A Present from her Mother, Mrs. A. Morley. July 31st, 1841. On the first page, Phoebe has created a formal title page: Phoebe Newton's Album. July 31st, 1841. A dense and research-rich piece, in which a young woman documents her reading from a variety of

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