Gemälde häuslicher Glückseligkeiten für Jungfrauen Von Wilhelmine Halberstadt. Vorsteherin einer Von ihr Selbat errichteten weiblichen Lehr -- und Bildungsanstalt zu Trier ... Volumes 1 & 2 in one volume: 1820, 1821

Frankfurt a. M.: Jagersche Buch. Very good. 4-1/4"x6-1/2", 1/2 leather & marbled boards, 135,31,232pp. Volume two has a frontispiece engraving of a family celebrating Christmas Eve. An early graphic image (1821) of a Christmas tree decorated with candles and presents, surrounded by three little boys. -- Printed title "der Weynachtsabend". -- Bound between the two volumes are 31 numbered pages with the title: Cours de Mythologie a l'usage de la jeunnesse avec des notes allemandes explicatives, historiques et geographiques. Avec figures 12. Prix. broche 20 gl. ou 1 fl. 30 hr. [Images for Mythology Course for Youth Use with Explanatory, Historical and Geographic German Notes. With figures 12. Price. brooch 20 gl. or 1 fl. 30 hr.] -- Moderate rubbing to the extremities and the boards, sound binding (see photos). "Wilhelmine Halberstaadt founded various girl schools which accommodated socially disadvantaged girls and enabled them to take up vocational training . She also set up the Halberstadt Miss Foundation for fatherless daughters, a kind of pension insurance for women. She was already a famous woman during her lifetime and was mentioned in the same breath as August Hermann Francke in the 19th century"-wikipedia.