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A mirror for the female sex : historical beauties for young ladies : intended to lead the female mind to the love and practice of moral goodness : designed principally for the use of ladies' schools
A mirror for the female sex : historical beauties for young ladies : intended to lead the female mind to the love and practice of moral goodness : designed principally for the use of ladies' schools
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A mirror for the female sex : historical beauties for young ladies : intended to lead the female mind to the love and practice of moral goodness : designed principally for the use of ladies' schools

Date1798
Names
(former owner)
Alternate Title
  • Historical beauties for young ladies
Format
Notes
Book list on final [2] p.
Contains bookplate of Marjorie Moon.
Frontispiece dated June 1798 and signed: Thurston delt. Hawkins sculp.
Hugo attributes vignettes to Thomas Bewick but Roscoe suggests that they may possibly be by John Bewick.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 10.5 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
Extent
  • xxiv, 226, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations (1 color)
Language
ProvenanceGift of Beth Budd Bentley
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131048622591D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1509302
A mirror for the female sex : historical beauties for young ladies : intended to lead the female mind to the love and practice of moral goodness : designed principally for the use of ladies' schools
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