GODEY, Louis Antoine.
Godey's Lady's Book for 1850.
Rare Original Godey's Lady's Book for 1850, volume 40; finely bound
Philadelphia: L.A. Godey, 1850.
$500.00
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Item Number: RRB-149127
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Finely bound example of this 19th-century American magazine known for its collection of poetry, illustrations, and articles by prominent female authors and artists. Octavo, volume 40, bound in three quarters contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, profusely illustrated with engraving, music sheets, and embroidery and costume plans. In very good condition.
Godey’s Lady’s Book (1830–1878) was one of the most influential American women’s magazines of the nineteenth century, shaping middle-class ideals of taste, fashion, and domestic life. Edited for decades by Sarah Josepha Hale, it combined original literature by prominent authors—often women—with hand-colored fashion plates, patterns for embroidery and dressmaking, and prescriptive essays on morality and family life. With a circulation that reached over 150,000 by the 1860s, the magazine functioned both as a cultural arbiter and as a vehicle for women’s literary expression, offering a blend of entertainment, education, and domestic guidance.
Godey's Lady's Book for 1850.
$500.00
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