[WAKEFIELD, Priscilla (1751-1832)]
Letters on entomology intended for the amusement and instruction of young persons, and to facilitate their acquiring a knowledge of the natural history of insects. London: Thomas Davison for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1825
First edition. ‘Priscilla Wakefield (née Bell) was an early Quaker feminist and philanthropist. She established England’s first savings bank, and wrote many books for young people on scientific subjects. Her book on feminist economics, Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex; with Suggestions for its Improvement, was published in 1798, just six years after Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman.’ (Quakers in the World, https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/137/Priscilla-Wakefield ). Not in Nissen.
12mo (190 x 110mm). Half-title, 3 hand-coloured engraved plates, pencil annotations to text on page 3 (first three gatherings rather spotted, offsetting of plates onto text, mathematical notes in ink [on squares and hexagons] on verso of one plate). Publisher’s green cloth, flat spine with remains of printed paper label (slight wear to extremities, corners bumped, upper hinge splitting). Provenance: W.P. Baily (presentation inscription dated Oct. 19th [18]42, to:) — Lawrence Baily.
[WAKEFIELD, Priscilla (1751-1832)]
Letters on entomology intended for the amusement and instruction of young persons, and to facilitate their acquiring a knowledge of the natural history of insects. London: Thomas Davison for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1825
First edition. ‘Priscilla Wakefield (née Bell) was an early Quaker feminist and philanthropist. She established England’s first savings bank, and wrote many books for young people on scientific subjects. Her book on feminist economics, Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex; with Suggestions for its Improvement, was published in 1798, just six years after Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman.’ (Quakers in the World, https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/137/Priscilla-Wakefield ). Not in Nissen.
12mo (190 x 110mm). Half-title, 3 hand-coloured engraved plates, pencil annotations to text on page 3 (first three gatherings rather spotted, offsetting of plates onto text, mathematical notes in ink [on squares and hexagons] on verso of one plate). Publisher’s green cloth, flat spine with remains of printed paper label (slight wear to extremities, corners bumped, upper hinge splitting). Provenance: W.P. Baily (presentation inscription dated Oct. 19th [18]42, to:) — Lawrence Baily.
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