Practical hints to young females, on the duties of a wife, a mother, and a mistress of a family

Collection History

The selection of images was prepared for the companion volume and website accompanying an exhibition, "Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era," held April 8 - July 30, 2005 in the Library's D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall.

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Collection Data

Names
Taylor, Mrs. (Ann Martin), 1757-1830 (Author)
Taylor and Hessey (Publisher)
Conder, Josiah, 1789-1855 (Publisher)
Moyes, James, -1838 (Printer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1815
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Taylor & Hessey
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz (Taylor, A. Practical hints to young females. 1815)
Topics
Young women -- Conduct of life
Genres
Books
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Printer's imprint: "J. Moyes, printer, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London."
Content: Publisher's advertisements: on half-title verso, and p. [1]-4 at end.
Content: Illustration: Engraved frontispiece depicting a young woman seated in a chair at a desk; a little girl stands next to her, reading from a book.
Statement of responsibility: By Mrs. Taylor, of Ongar, author of 'Maternal solicitude for a daughter's best interests
Physical Description
Extent: [2], vi, [2], 168, 4 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
"Susan [Whitehouse?] / Found in Attick / Sept. 15th 1862" (in pencil on half-title).
Newly bound in gray boards with printed paper spine label.
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18228361
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 25e7a410-c603-012f-4a65-58d385a7bc34
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