The Female Instructor; or, Young Woman's Companion. by Anon - c1812

Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, Duke Street, Liverpool., c1812. Hardback. 560pp. plus 4 plates present. A manual of instruction for a young woman covering many aspects of life, including education, duties of females in the sick chamber, religious observance, home medications,cookery and dying of fabrics etc. Contemporary full calf binding. Fair condition. Boards and spine rubbed and worn. Lacking free endpapers and all before B1 including title page. B1 is the first leaf of the full text. Small area of marginal loss to I4. Lacking X1 and presumed following plate as evidenced by a residual page stub. Marginal marking to p214 highlighting a typo. 2G2 - 2G3 loose including associated plate. Some loss to lower margin of 2H1. Lacking 2T2. Final leaves 4A2 - 4 are loose. Occasional slight marking and some offsetting.