Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts: Women: Part XIII

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WOMEN

Women as Writers, Editors, Translators, Illustrators, & Printers
Books By, For, & About Women

• A • B • Ca-Cl • Cm-D • E-F • G-Ha • Hb-Hz •
• I-K • L-Ma • Mb-O • P • Q-Sh • Si-Sz • T-V • W-Z •

Enlarged & First Illustrated Edition

Smith, Mrs. The female economist; or, a plain system of cookery, for the use of families, containing upwards of 850 valuable receipts ... twelfth edition, enlarged. London: Samuel Leigh, 1828. (18.5 cm, 7.25"). Frontis., lx, 299, [1] pp.
$650.00

• First illustrated edition of this popular domestic manual, originally published in 1810. Earlier editions lacked instructions for carving (commonly found in such publications) because Mrs. Smith felt that they would be worthless without the woodcut illustrations present in this printing; along with those added instructions, the work also includes sections on family medicine and miscellaneous preparations for the home, following the culinary recipes and those for wines and cordials.

Bound for

Presentation by Queen Isabella

Spain. Ministerio de Hacienda. Presupuestos generales de gastos é ingresos para el año de 1850, segun la ley sancionada en 20 de Febrero del mismo año. Madrid: La Viuda de Burgos, 1850 [i.e., 1849]. 8vo signed in 4s (22.1 cm, 8.65"). 761, [1 (blank)] pp.
$2750.00

printed by a woman printer of Madrid

Binding

Signed

moiré

Provenance: Infante Duc de Montpensier (sixth son of King Louis Philippe), husband of the Infanta Maria Louisa (Queen Isabella’s sister), with his bookplate.

• Palau 236716. Binding as described above, covers showing only very minor wear, spine slightly faded. Front pastedown with bookplate described above. Pages gently age-toned, a few showing mild foxing but most clean. Very attractive.

In SOME Cultures, Only

BAD Women HIDE Their Faces

Spain. Sovereigns, 1621–1665 (Philip IV). Prematica en que su magestad manda, que ninguna muger ande tapada, sino descubierta el rostro, de manera que pueda ser vista, y conocida, so las penas en ella contenidas, y de las demas que tratan de lo susodicho. Madrid: Pedro Tazo, 1639. Folio (28.2 cm, 11.1"). A⁴; 4 ff.
$750.00

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• Palau 87353 (for Granada printing). Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with shadow of pencilled numeral and faintly inked earlier numeral in upper margin. Pages creased but clean, with tiny hole along fold of last leaf.

Vich Printing of aWomen's Right-To-Work Decree

Spain. Sovereigns, 1759–88 (Charles III). Real cedula...por la qual se declara en favor de todas las mugeres del reino la facultad de trabajar en la manufactura de hilos, como en todas las demas artes en que quieren ocuparse y sean conpatibles con el decoro y fuerzas de su sexo.... Vich: Juan Dorca y Morera, 178 4to. [4] ff. (the last a blank).
$500.00

• Modern half vellum. No problems.

Wharton as Translator

Sudermann, Hermann; Edith Wharton, trans. The joy of living (Es Lebe das Leben) a play in five acts. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902. 8vo (19 cm, 7.7"). vii, [1], 185, [1 (blank)] pp.
$300.00

• Garrison A7.1.a. Publisher’s olive paper–covered boards, front cover and spine stamped in gold; lacking the now seldom-seen dustwrapper, spine very slightly darkened, extremities showing touches of wear. Top edge gilt. Front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1903. Pages clean. A good-looking copy.

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