A COLONIAL BELLE'S MESSAGE 1800s TOILETTE TABLE BOOK GRAVES CO PHILADELPHIA 1911.

A COLONIAL BELLE'S MESSAGE

(MY LADY'S TOILETTE TABLE) 

PHILADELPHIA

 

THE ORIGINAL OF THIS BOOK IS A CENTURY OLD HEIRLOOM IN A CULTURED SOUTHERN FAMILY.  THE FOLLOWING PAGES REPRODUCE FAITHFULLY THE PRICELESS VOLUME, AS HAND WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED IN WATER COLORS, BY THE GIFTED AUTHORESS

CATHARINE SHEPHERD OF VIRGINIA

FOUND AND PUBLISHED BY

C. H. GRAVES COMPANY

PARKWAY, PHILADELPHIA 1911

THIS BOOK IS AN ACTUAL TOILET BOOK MADE BY CATHARINE SHEPERD OF VIRGINIA.  EACH PAGE HAS A COLOR ILLUSTRATION WITH A MOVEABLE FLAP.  UNDER EACH FLAP IS A DIFFERENT VIRTUE WHICH A YOUNG WOMAN SHOULD POSSESS. TOILET BOOKS WERE A SHORT LIVED PHENOMENON BEGUN BY GRIMALDI IN 1817 see pics. 

Covers are worn, ribbon is gone. Pages are loose. Illustrations are wonderful. Tiny flaps are fascinating. AS IS. 

......A WONDERFUL AND RARE FIND!

Questions welcome.