THE HOUSE I LIVE IN. PART FIRST. THE FRAME. FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS.
Alcott, William A.:
Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, & Holden, 1834. 144pp. including frontispiece with numerous text illustrations. 12mo. Contemporary half-calf over paper covered boards, spine gilt. Boards slightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription ("Lydia Reed's) on front free endpaper, contemporary gift inscription on front flyleaf ("Presented to Miss Lydia Reed by her friend Rachel C. Rich, Jan. 1st 1837. Study your own heart: -- your mind: - - your body."). Titlepage and frontispiece moderately soiled. Pages 125-132 torn at lower inner margin (not affecting text or images). A good copy. First edition of this popular children's book devoted to anatomy. The author, a cousin of famed writer Louisa May Alcott, was a physician, educator, and author of numerous advice manuals. Copiously illustrated with woodcuts and wood-engravings, the work explains the human body in terms of the structure of a house, including the pillars (bones), bellows (ribs), and cupola (skull and brain). An engaging example of mid-19th-century American instructional text for youth. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 22882. OCLC 5793427.
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