STRICTURES ON THE MODERN SYSTEM OF FEMALE EDUCATION, Vols. I-II, with a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune.
London: A. Strahan, for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1799. 7th edition. Leather. 2 vols. 307p; 338p. A pair of hardcover books bound in full leather with gilt-decorated spines. Edges rubbed, most heavily at the corners, and spine leather faintly crackled. Boards starting to crack off, but still well enough attached for reading puposes. Edges of first and last few pages deeply browned in both volumes. Except for some minor age-related blemishes, the pages are unmarked and tightly bound. Good condition overall. Item #324170
English playwright and intellectual Hannah More (1745-1833) is best remembered for her conservative and highly moralistic tracts, such as those opposing the ideas of Thomas Paine. She also founded girls' schools which provided mainly religious education and domestic training, as she was generally opposed to literacy among the lower classes of women.
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