Le Magasin des Jeunes Dames, ou Instructions pour les Personnes qui entrent dans le monde et se marient leurs devoirs dans cet état et envers leurs enfants.
Paris: Chez J.-B. Garnery, Librairie, rue de Pot-de-Fer, No. 14, [c. 1823].
Price: $400.00
About the item
Frontispiece to each volume. 4 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, with Cathredal device in blind on each cover, with a gilt stamped "A' in the center of each cover, gilt floral rules, gilt spine. Worldcat 4 copies.
Item #63014
Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (1711-1780) was a Royal Governess, Teacher, Popular Novelist, Educational Writer for Women and Children. She settled in London and started a Monthly Magazine for Women: "Nouveau Magasin" and the first woman editor of a woman's magazine.
