Coxe, Margaret

Claims of the country on American females

Columbus: Isaac N. Whiting, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. [4] ads for the author's Young Lady's Companion, iv. 243, [3]; iv, 243, [1]; lightly foxed, else a near fine copy in original brown blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt on spine. On the rear flyleaf in vol. I a previous owner has written 25 lines in pencil headed "Subject - French School of the Fine Arts - Paris." The author was a native of Burlington, N.J. The first volume deals primarily with women throughout history and in different cultures; the second volume deals with the status of women current in America. Morgan, Ohio, 4444; American Imprints 42-1333. Item #53330

Price: $750.00