Flora's interpreter: or the American book of flowers and sentiments
Boston: Marsh, Capen and Lyon, 1833. Second edition, improved, 12mo, pp. 224, [2]; frontispiece and one plate, both hand-colored; quarter black calf over marbled boards; boards rubbed, contemporary ownership signature of Sarah B. Bruce, with her pencil marks and annotations in text, one oil spot through about a dozen pages, offsetting from pressed flowers in about 5 spreads, good. Hale, best known for her poem "Mary had a little lamb" was an educator, novelist, and editor. She served as the editor of Godey's lady's book for forty years, the most influential journal in the United States during her tenure. Flora's interpreter includes contributions from those who she would later publish in Godey's, including Nathanial Parker Willis, Lydia Sigourney, J. G. Whittier, etc. The anonymous contributions were later attributed to Hale herself. "This compilation was tremendously popular and went into a number of reprints and editions. Many have alterations and revisions, some of a substantial nature." (BAL) BAL 6792, citing the second edition as dated 1932, so this is possibly a later printing of that edition. Item #69896
Price: $150.00
