Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church : "The Most Approved Toilet"

"The Most Approved Toilet": a calligraphic copy of a printed work, illustrated with wash-drawings, each with a moveable flap, of toilet articles, etc., and an ornamental title-page. Each illustration has written beneath the flap, the name of an appropriate virtue: e.g. beneath a picture of a pomade pot headed 'Fine lip salve', the word 'Cheerfulness.' New Brunswick: Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1828. Inscribed inside the upper cover: 'Minnie Poole from dear Grandmama. Feb. 12th, 1860.'

c.1828

16 ff. 16mo. 121/2 x 9 cm. Original paper covers.

Accession 82464.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).