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wow. the algae are incredible!

#23 Mrs Spurrell’s Translation of the Old Testament Scriptures This book was kindly shared by Stephen Ricketts. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription #1: “With Mrs Spurrell’s compliments” Type of ownership mark #2: Library shelfmark?Transcription #2...

Helen Spurrell translated the Old Testament from Hebrew into English in 1885. She learnt the language later in life, stating that translating “almost entirely occupied her time for many years past”. She signed this copy of her work for someone unknown. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

Danke für's drüber nachdenken!

Secondhand bookshop find: a wonderful warning verse from Jane Brower, who owned this reader sometime in the 19th century. csherbook.hypotheses.org/1905 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #crowdsourcing

Screenshot of page 94 of John Godfrey Saxe's poem About Husbands from the collection The Masquerade and other poems (1866)

To illustrate, some lines from the poem About Husbands. (Appreciated or not at the time, ladies certainly did learn Greek and Latin) #bookhistory #womenshistory #classics

#21 Vanny Berry’s The Masquerade and Other Poems, 1866 This book was kindly shared by Patrick Schlichtenmyer. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Miss Berry – from her friend Mr E.” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “V...

"Miss Berry – from her friend Mr E." - Saxe's The Masquerade and other poems (1866) is certainly an... interesting choice of gift. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

#20 Elizabeth Dickins’ Generall Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Elizabeth Dickins HER BOOKE cost vi shillings & vi pence 1660” Bibliographic dataTitle: ...

Something special to mark the 20th contribution on the blog: the oldest book crowdsourced so far! Thanks to an anonymous participant, here's a wonderful print from 1638, with an inscription from 1660. #herbook #bookhistory #crowdsourcing #womenshistory

#19 Mary M. Foster’s Chaucer, 1893 This book was generously shared by Patrick Schlichtenmyer. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “1893 Mary M. Foster Germantown” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “P...

Some Chaucer today: csherbook.hypotheses.org/1169 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

#18 Pauline Neal’s Pastorali Italiane, 1787 This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Ms (?) Pauline Neal” Type of ownership mark #2: bookplateTranscription: “Italien. Literatur 141.” and “Dr. Strousberg” Bibliographic dataTitle: Le tre più celebri pastorali italianeSubtitle: Aminta, Favola boscareccia di Torquato Tasso; Il pastor fido, Tragi-Commedia Pastorale del Guarini; Filli di Sciro, … Continue reading #18 Pauline Neal’s Pastorali Italiane, 1787

Some Italian literature on the blog today. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Charity shop book buy and what I found inside!
#curiosity @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social

Struggling to figure out what's before "Pauline" in this inscription. Ideas? #bookhistory #skystorians

#17 Elisabeth Kaufhold’s Erklärung des heiligen Messopfers, 1868 This book was kindly shared by MT. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Elisabeth Kaufhold H. 1872.” Note: H. could mean “Herbst” – ‘autumn’? Or “Heiligenstadt”? Type of ownership mar...

csherbook.hypotheses.org/1152

Some intriguing miscellaneous material in today's #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

That would be wonderful! Do report back on what you find.

#16 Anna A. Junkans’ A Study of the Sky, 1896 This book was kindly shared by Patrick Schlichtenmeyer. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Anna A. Junkans (?) Sept. ’96” Type of ownership mark #2: stampTranscription: “SAN FRANCIS...

Another #astronomy #herbook. With a bonus stamp from the Methodist Book Depository in San Francisco. #bookhistory #womenshistory #crowdsourcing

A man reclining on a chaise longue reading a book held by a Holloway book stand.

Fancy book gear! From an 1880s advert for the Methodist Book Depository in San Francisco. #bookhistory

Same book. Same guy? #bookhistory #classics

very cool!

A pupil's doodle of a man holding a cylindrical object, at the bottom of a page containing printed Greek text.

What's this? A teacher opening a can of beans? Lots of fun pupils' doodles in this 1855 Herodotus, which I got to see last week. #bookhistory #classics

#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