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#14 Sarah Barker’s Introduction to Astronomy, 1796 This book was kindly shared by Roberta Fountain. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Sarah Barker March 1800” Type of ownership mark #2: book plateTranscription: “Hethersett of Shrop...

Have a look at this wonderful astronomy book from the late 18th century! #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory

An open copy of Longfellow was a presentation plate dated 1924.

The spine of a copy of The Poetical Works of Longfellow.

Among the many remarkable volumes on my mom’s bookshelves is this copy of Longfellow’s poems that my grandmother, a Polish immigrant to England, received as a school prize in 1924 My mom says that my grandma could quote chunks of The Song of Hiawatha from memory. I was destined to be an Americanist!

Really cool! I love these prize labels. I saw one for a Grace Bridges in a charity shop a while ago, for "excellent Conduct + Progress", dated 1914.

Not much info on the book owner, but I found a match of the signature in a different book from 1769 at the @stabiberlin.bsky.social. Here it is: resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001FA690... #bookhistory #herbook

#13 Frederique de Zwierlein’s Lettres de Cecile a Julie, 1769 This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Frederique de Zwierlein” Bibliographic dataTitle:  Lettres de Cécile à Julie, nouvelle éditi...

Another #crowdsourcing contribution in French. #herbook #bookhistory

#12 Marie Grandjean’s Danish-French dictionary, 1862 This book was kindly shared by a colleague of the editor. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Marie E. Grandjean” Bibliographic dataTitle: Dictionnaire Danois-Français et Français-Danoi...

Danish-French dictionary, 1862. #herbook #bookhistory

A disorganised pile of decaying books in an attic.

Two ownership inscriptions, "Anna Kempe" and "E.O. Bergvall Minkelberget"

Another #herbook find from the attic, thanks to Alexander Hammar. csherbook.hypotheses.org/825 #bookhistory

Postscript of Laurine Jacobsen, Kogebog for store og smaa Huusholdninger, Copenhagen 1851.

English translation.

The person who sent me Barbara Jepsen's cookery book also pointed out the postscript, which highlights the emotional labour expected of a woman running a 19th century household. #womenshistory #bookhistory

The person who sent me Barbara Jepsen's cookery book also pointed out this photo of her from Alslev sognearkiv. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory #genealogy

#10 Barbara Jepsen’s Cookery book for large and small households, 1851 This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant, who also found the photo of the former owner in the collection of Alslev Sognearkiv. The archive kindly gave permission to have it post it here...

Cookery book written by Laurine Jakobsen, housekeeper at Roskilde's convent for young noblewomen from 1845-60. Owned by Barbara Jepsen of Toftnæs. #womenshistory #herbook #bookhistory

And here's a copy of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered from 1819, owned by an Elise Tegeler. I don't know if there's any relationship between her and last post's Mathilde. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

#8 Mathilde Tegeler’s Jocelyn, 1851 This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Mathilde Tegeler.” Bibliographic dataTitle: JocelynSubtitle: ´´´Épisode journal trouvé c...

Another #crowdsourcing contribution: Lamartine's Jocelyn, 1851. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory #poetry

Thanks for the shoutout!

*inscription. whoops.

Whoever sent me this Jane Austen book with the gift incription - thank you! But you forgot to include a picture of the title page, so unfortunately I can't tell what it is. Do get in touch if you're reading this. #bookhistory #crowdsourcing

#7 Cornelia Johanna de Vogel’s Phoenissae, 1846 This book was kindly shared by Luuk Huitink. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “C.J. de Vogel” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “NJ Krom” Type of ownership mark ...

This copy of Euripides' Phoenissae from 1846 belonged to Cornelia Johanna de Vogel, Plato scholar, philosopher, theologian, and outspoken conservative Catholic intellectual. #crowdsourcing #classics #bookhistory #herbook

#6 Rosine Morlock and Albert Ulrich’s Wedding Bible, 1899 This book belongs to Eva Epple, who generously shared the photos and supplementary information, as well as this previous contribution which also belonged to Rosine Morlock. Type of ownership mark: ins...

Another #crowdsourcing contribution from @sparrersway.bsky.social! Read about it here.

Some items found inside a wedding bible from 1899: an embroidered cross and a card with a bible verse bookmarking the story of Susanna. #bookhistory #herbook #bible

Another charity shop book inscription, just for fun: #onthisday in 1932, Annie Rutherford won this book as first prize in... sack race! #bookhistory #otd

CrowdsourceHerBook - SciStarter CrowdsourceHerBook is a participatory science initiative that aims to source images of women-owned books printed before 1900 in private ownership. This could be anything from family heirlooms inherite...

In other news, the project is now on SciStarter! @scistarter.bsky.social #crowdsourcing #bookhistory

#5 Konvolutten, 1897, from the Danish Women’s Reading Association This book belongs to the editor. Type of ownership inscription: hole punch markTranscription: Kvindelig Læseforening Bibliographic dataTitle: Konvolutten. Subtitle: En graphologisk studie.Author: Karl...

This one's a charity shop find: a novel that used to belong to the Danish Women's Reading Association (1872-1962), a private club with a reading room and a lending library, giving members access to the newest literature and newspapers. #womenshistory #herbook #bookhistory #bookclub

It's got lots of lovely foldouts! #foldoutfriday #herbook

#4 Frances Fenton Cawthorne’s Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty on several parts of England, 1788 This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Frances Fenton Cawthorne” Bibliographic dataTitle: Observations, relative chiefly to pic...

Today's #herbook used to belong to an Englishwoman named Frances Fenton Cawthorne (1759-1839). Kindly shared by an anonymous participant. #crowdsourcing #bookhistory #womenshistory #nature

yes indeed, Ebersbach an der Fils!

Sounds really interesting but the link doesn't seem to be working :(

#3 Brita Magdalena and Anders Berg’s David, King of Israel, 1872 This book was generously shared by Alexander Björklund Hammar. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Anders Berg 1874.” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “Denna bok ...

This #crowdsourcing contribution comes from a pile of moldy books in a Swedish attic, and Alexander would like to have us know that he went to great lengths to collect it! #bookhistory #womenshistory

The copy is of the 1812 edition, published by Rosalie Cotta, who took over the Cotta publishing enterprise after her husband died in 1807. More infos here: bawue.museum-digital.de/object/5898

While looking up the Württemberg hymnbook, I came across this colourful full-page ownership inscription by Elisabeth Wölfle in the Stadtmuseum Ebersbach #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

"Love binds with sweet ties/now and for ever you to me/Our faithful hearts wind/roses and forget-me-nots." #poetry #bookhistory

A handdrawn label with a short ephemeral love poem is pasted into yesterday's #herbook. It reads "Liebe knüpft mit süßen Banden/Hier und ewig mich an dich/Unsre treuen Herzen wanden/Rosen und Vergissmeinicht"