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Susanna Whatman, her housekeeping book

Title: Susanna Whatman, her housekeeping book / introduced by Thomas Balston ; decorated by Lawrence Josset.
Author: Whatman, Susanna, 1753-1814.
Publication: [Cambridge, England : Printer of the University of Cambridge, 1952]

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	Rare Books 09-708	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Schlosser 863	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

vii, [1], 39, [1] p. : ill., 1 port.; 25 cm.

Alternative Title

Her housekeeping book.
Susannah Whatman, her housekeeping book.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Keepsakes.

Note

Engraved t.p.
Half title: Susanna Whatman.
Cover title: Susannah Whatman, her housekeeping book.
One of "250 copies ... printed for presentation to the friends of the Printer of the University of Cambridge at Christmas, 1952 ... Printed, and the book bound, at the University Press"--P. [v].
Printed on "paper specially made by Messrs. W. & R. Balston ... proprietors of the 'J. Whatman' watermark"--Crutchley.
Illustrations: 14 prints : soft ground etching, b&w ; image 11 x 11 cm. or smaller. Printed by Thomas Ross and Son. -- Collotype frontispiece port. of the author, printed by Chiswick Press, London.
"Extracts from Susanna Whatman's letters [to William Balston and Hester Davis]": p. 35-37; "Later instructions by Susanna and her son": p. 38-[40].

Indexed In (note)

Crutchley, B. Printer's Christmas books

Call Number

Rare Books 09-708

LCCN

82466836

OCLC

1066937
NYPG90-B72462

Author

Whatman, Susanna, 1753-1814.

Title

Susanna Whatman, her housekeeping book / introduced by Thomas Balston ; decorated by Lawrence Josset.

Imprint

[Cambridge, England : Printer of the University of Cambridge, 1952]

Indexed In:

Crutchley, B. Printer's Christmas books, p. 25

Local Note

Provenance: Paul A. Bennett (bookplate).

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Local Subject

Christmas keepsake books.

Papermakers' wives -- England -- Maidstone.

Added Author

Balston, Thomas.

Josset, Lawrence.

Whatman, James, 1777-1843.

Balston, William, 1759-1849.

Davis, Hester.

Added Title

Her housekeeping book.

Susannah Whatman, her housekeeping book.

Research Call Number

Rare Books 09-708

Schlosser 863

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