darusmont frances wright (4 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Octavo in original light blue apper covered boards over cloth spine replaced at a slightly later but still early date. Half-title present but lacking the title page, therefore either the first or second Ameroican edition, (2), half-title, xii+ 388 pp. Edges uncut. Ownership signature of a member of the Wright family top of the contents page. Evidence of early repair as the the original cloth spine strip is replaced by a rather wider one unevenly cut where it is attached toi the front board; hand stitching evident to the gutte of the frist few leaves. Scatted foxing throuhout. OFFERED AS IS. Scottish-born Madame D'Arusmont, nee: Frances Wright (1795-1852) was an early feminist writer, abolitionist and social reformer who was greatly attracted to the United States during her first visit , atwo-year tour with her sister commencing in 1818. She later returned in the company of the Marquis de Lafayette in 1823 and in 1825 became a U.S. citizen; she founded a Utopian community in Tennessee called Nahoba. Her "Society amd Manners In America" based largely on her letters home to England, was widely read and admired on both sides of "the pond" and is considered a major source on early American national history.

Original Boards. Zustand: Good. First French Language edition. 8vo, xiv, 351; vi, 359 pages, untrimmed in contemporary boards. Very scarce. Attracted by the ideals of the "Declaration of Independence", Fanny Wright traveled extensively through the U.S.A. tracking how those ideals were being realized. In France, who became almost like a daughter to Gen. Lafayette. She and her sister returned to America, and, with Lafayette, were guests of Jefferson at Monticello. Later, as a U.S. citizen, she founded the Nashoba commune in Tennessee, in anticipation of emancipation. She visited New York and Philadelphia, West Point, Niagara Falls, Lake Errie, and on to Lower Canada, Montreal, Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont, Washington D.C., to Virginia, with many observations along the way. This edition has a dedication to Lafayette by the translator, who also supplied a new translation. Vol. 1 ends with remarks upon Morris Birkbeck's letters about the Illinois country. All in all, Fanny Wright became one of the most remarkable women of the first half of the 19th century: among other accomplishments, being the first woman to write this work, the first travelogue by a woman. [ Howes D74; Sabin 18642; Clark Old South 16; Buck 137].