Lot 214 - "The Mirror; Or, Eighteen Juvenile Tales And Dialogues" Antique Children's Book By A Lady Of Philadelphia, Published By Munroe And Francis, Boston, 1828 Nosepicker Please see photographs for details

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No author credited

Early feminist health movement publication exploring the historical suppression of women healers and the professionalization of medicine

Example is in as-found condition with heavy surface rust

Lot 214 - "The Mirror; Or, Eighteen Juvenile Tales And Dialogues" Antique Children's Book By A Lady Of Philadelphia, Published By Munroe And Francis, Boston, 1828 Nosepicker Please see photographs for detailsAntique early American childrens book titled "The Mirror; or, Eighteen Juvenile Tales and Dialogues" by a Lady of Philadelphia, published by Munroe and Francis, and Charles S. Francis, New York, 1828. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece depicting a domed public building, likely the Massachusetts State House. Preface notes the authors intent to create an essentially American work, distinct from English moral literature, modeled after Berquins