DOMESTIC DUTIES;; Or instructions to young married ladies on the management of their households, and the regulation of their conduct in the various relations and duties of married life
1828 · NY
by PARKES, Frances Byerly
NY: J. & J. Harper, 1828. First American from third London edition, with notes and alterations adapted to the American reader. 8vo, pp. 400. Woodcuts in the text. Half bound in maroon calf and light green boards. Gilt spine title and decorations. Hinges near tender, with front flyleaf almost detached, covers little worn, rubbed and bumped. Foxed on some pages. Pp. 73-74 torn, but mended with tape. Otherwise tight and VG. Cagle 585. Wheaton & Kelly 4610. Not in Bitting or Lowenstein, who cites later titles by the author. Parkes uses conversations between a young married woman and her older friend to teach topics including social relations, household concerns, moral and religious duties. A fine picture of American upper class life in New York in the early 19th century. (Inventory #: 44852)