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

Pilkington, Mrs. [Mary Hopkins]

Published by printed by Hudson and Goodwin, for Oliver D. and I. Cooke, Hartford, 1799

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First American edition, 12mo, pp. xxiv, 211, [1] ads; contemporary full calf, boards scuffed with morocco label on spine partially perished, light stain in gutter of last few leaves, else clean and sound. Mary Pilkington was primarily a governess and a novelist, with over 40 titles attributed to her. Her Mirror was intended as a textbook to aid in instructing girls in school. It led a trend of similar collections of female biography. Evans 36117; Sabin 62852.

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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

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printed by Hudson and Goodwin, for Oliver D. and I. Cooke, Hartford

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