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A PLAN FOR THE CONDUCT OF FEMALE EDUCATION, IN BOARDING SCHOOLS, PRIVATE FAMILIES, AND PUBLIC SEMINARIES. by Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802) - 1798
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A PLAN FOR THE CONDUCT OF FEMALE EDUCATION, IN BOARDING SCHOOLS, PRIVATE FAMILIES, AND PUBLIC SEMINARIES.
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Printed by John Ormrod, Philadelphia: ., 1798 pp. (12), (9)-188, (197)-308, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. LACKS frontis and front fly leaves. Small woodcut devices. Apparently most examples lack the frontis. Very lightly foxed. Printed bookplate of A.D. Kille on front paste down. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full leather binding, scuffed and worn. Remnants of original leather spine label. Spine worn with loss at head and upper joint. Title continues: 'To Which Are added, Rudiments of Taste, in a Series of Letters from a Mother to Her Daughters'. Initially published in London in 1797. The series of letters were written by one Mrs. Pettle. Darwin, grandfather of the famed naturalist, was a highly regarded physician in England, but also dabbled in poetry, botany, inventions, and evolutionist and social theories. Hardbound. Good. Text very good though it lacks the frontis (as in most examples). Evans 33601. Scarce First American edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PALIB 6. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- Keywords EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS EDUCATION WOMEN CONDUCT OF FEMALE ERASMUS DARWIN BOARDING SCHOOLS PRIVATE FAMILIES MUSIC DANCING GRAMMAR PHYSIOGNOMY ARITHMETIC GEOGRAPHY HISTORY LETTERS MRS. PETTLE FROM A MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS EVANS PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1798
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Philadelphia: Printed by John Ormrod,, 1798. A "determined stand against the nearly universal belief that women ought to be feather-brained and feeble-bodied" First US edition of Darwin's treatise on the education of women, presented here in a well-preserved contemporary binding. This copy's title page is signed in a contemporary hand by one "Eliza Phelan". Although Darwin ultimately sought to educate women so as to make them useful companions for men, his was a more equal, "different, but complementary" conception of the male-female relationship than was commonly held (ODNB). The Plan advocated the creation of dedicated schools for girls, where such subjects as botany and experimental philosophy would be taught. "In retrospect the most important feature of the book is his determined stand against the nearly universal belief that women ought to be feather-brained and feeble-bodied. He was taking the first crucial step along the path that has led to sexual equality and feminism" (King-Hele, p. 284).…
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