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Grant, Beatrice of Duthil (1761-1845) Sketches of Intellectual Education and Hints on Domestic Economy Addressed to Mothers.
Baltimore: Published by Edward J. Cale, B. Edes, printer, 1813.
Octavo, likely the first American edition, preceded by a Scottish publication the previous year; uncut, in publisher's original printed boards, front board detached, some toning and spotting to contents, boards toned and chipped, 7 x 4 3/4 in.
Mrs. Grant has included an appendix to her work on the instruction of poor children. She writes about bad habits, how to choose a wet nurse, instruction of the "deaf and dumb," and even includes a chapter on "vaccine inoculation."
Rare at auction; sometimes misattributed to Anne MacVicar Grant.
