Darwin (Erasmus). A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools, 1st edition, Derby: Printed by J. Drewey for J. Johnson 1797, half title with contemporary signature 'E. Symonds, 1797' to upper blank margin, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard facing, stab holes at gutter throughout volume where previously sewn, initial leaves a little creased to upper outer corners, occasional spotting, slight dampstains and cockling, endpapers renewed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, slim 4to (Qty: 1) The volume comprises an important work regarding the education of young women, suggesting they should be able to study a variety of subjects including the sciences. Erasmus Darwin's instructions for girls' schooling were written as part of a scheme to provide for his daughters Susan and Mary, by setting them up as proprietors of a boarding school at Ashbourne Hall in Derbyshire, for which the frontispiece illustrates a view of the grounds. The final leaf provides a list of charges at the school, including annual boarding fees at £18/18/-, the options of tea at 10/6 per quarter (the same as geography) and washing at 14/- per quarter and also French, music, dancing and drawing at £1/1/- per quarter.
Darwin (Erasmus). A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools, 1st edition, Derby: Printed by J. Drewey for J. Johnson 1797, half title with contemporary signature 'E. Symonds, 1797' to upper blank margin, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard facing, stab holes at gutter throughout volume where previously sewn, initial leaves a little creased to upper outer corners, occasional spotting, slight dampstains and cockling, endpapers renewed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, slim 4to (Qty: 1) The volume comprises an important work regarding the education of young women, suggesting they should be able to study a variety of subjects including the sciences. Erasmus Darwin's instructions for girls' schooling were written as part of a scheme to provide for his daughters Susan and Mary, by setting them up as proprietors of a boarding school at Ashbourne Hall in Derbyshire, for which the frontispiece illustrates a view of the grounds. The final leaf provides a list of charges at the school, including annual boarding fees at £18/18/-, the options of tea at 10/6 per quarter (the same as geography) and washing at 14/- per quarter and also French, music, dancing and drawing at £1/1/- per quarter.
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