Here's another prize book, this time awarded for "good attendance" to Minnie Brownsett from Manchester. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2393 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

This prize was awarded to Katie Seymour of Ryde, Isle of Wight, "for attention to studies" in 1893. Thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social for sharing the book and its story! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

There were ferns, too! Not just #horsetail.

A romance novel with a somewhat cryptic gift inscription: "A friend to a friend". Makes one wonder what kind of friend, and why they omitted their name... #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Bible with a #bookplate. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

I love the audacity of reinterpreting a typographic separator as a signature line. And right underneath the apostle's name! csherbook.hypotheses.org/1958 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

More #ferns! Signed "A. J. S." (Alice Josephine Smith). From How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists #illustration

#illustration by Alice Josephine Smith, from Plants and their children (1896) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #womenartists

Ostrich Fern by Marion Satterlee (her monogram is under the stalk of b) from How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #illustration #womenartists #botany

More #botany: another book by Frances Theodora Parsons! The former owner was not a botanist herself though. She was professor of zoology and physiology at Wellesley College. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Pyxie by Elsie Louise Shaw, colour plate in the 1921 edition of How to know the wild flowers by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists

#Illustration of seed pods by Alice Josephine Smith, from Frances Theodora Parsons, Plants and their Children (1896). #botany #womenartists

Frontispiece of How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons, titled “The cheerful community of the polypody.” Photograph by Miss Madeline Smith. #womenartists #botany #photography

Cloth cover designed by Margaret Armstrong, for How to know the ferns (1899) by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists

Pink Ladies' Slipper by Elsie Louise Shaw, frontispiece of the 1921 edition of How to know the wild flowers by Frances Theodora Parsons. #botany #illustration #womenartists

Rose Mallow by Marion Satterlee. From Frances Theodora Parsons, How to know the wild flowers (1895). #illustration #botany #womenartists

This exciting book, passed down the female line, is a remarkable witness of women in #botany around 1900. For her botany guides, author Frances Theodora Parsons worked with several women artists - illustrators, photographers, and a binding designer. #herbook #bookhistory

Helen Spurrell translated the Old Testament from Hebrew into English in 1885. She learnt the language later in life, stating that translating “almost entirely occupied her time for many years past”. She signed this copy of her work for someone unknown. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

Secondhand bookshop find: a wonderful warning verse from Jane Brower, who owned this reader sometime in the 19th century. csherbook.hypotheses.org/1905 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #crowdsourcing

"Miss Berry – from her friend Mr E." - Saxe's The Masquerade and other poems (1866) is certainly an... interesting choice of gift. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook

Something special to mark the 20th contribution on the blog: the oldest book crowdsourced so far! Thanks to an anonymous participant, here's a wonderful print from 1638, with an inscription from 1660. #herbook #bookhistory #crowdsourcing #womenshistory

Some Chaucer today: csherbook.hypotheses.org/1169 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Some Italian literature on the blog today. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Charity shop book buy and what I found inside! #curiosity @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social

Struggling to figure out what's before "Pauline" in this inscription. Ideas? #bookhistory #skystorians

Some intriguing miscellaneous material in today's #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Another #astronomy #herbook. With a bonus stamp from the Methodist Book Depository in San Francisco. #bookhistory #womenshistory #crowdsourcing

Fancy book gear! From an 1880s advert for the Methodist Book Depository in San Francisco. #bookhistory

Same book. Same guy? #bookhistory #classics

What's this? A teacher opening a can of beans? Lots of fun pupils' doodles in this 1855 Herodotus, which I got to see last week. #bookhistory #classics

Have a look at this wonderful astronomy book from the late 18th century! #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory

Among the many remarkable volumes on my mom’s bookshelves is this copy of Longfellow’s poems that my grandmother, a Polish immigrant to England, received as a school prize in 1924 My mom says that my grandma could quote chunks of The Song of Hiawatha from memory. I was destined to be an Americanist!

Another #crowdsourcing contribution in French. #herbook #bookhistory

Danish-French dictionary, 1862. #herbook #bookhistory

Another #herbook find from the attic, thanks to Alexander Hammar. csherbook.hypotheses.org/825 #bookhistory

The person who sent me Barbara Jepsen's cookery book also pointed out the postscript, which highlights the emotional labour expected of a woman running a 19th century household. #womenshistory #bookhistory

The person who sent me Barbara Jepsen's cookery book also pointed out this photo of her from Alslev sognearkiv. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory #genealogy

Cookery book written by Laurine Jakobsen, housekeeper at Roskilde's convent for young noblewomen from 1845-60. Owned by Barbara Jepsen of Toftnæs. #womenshistory #herbook #bookhistory

And here's a copy of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered from 1819, owned by an Elise Tegeler. I don't know if there's any relationship between her and last post's Mathilde. #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory

Another #crowdsourcing contribution: Lamartine's Jocelyn, 1851. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory #poetry

Thanks for the shoutout!

Whoever sent me this Jane Austen book with the gift incription - thank you! But you forgot to include a picture of the title page, so unfortunately I can't tell what it is. Do get in touch if you're reading this. #bookhistory #crowdsourcing

This copy of Euripides' Phoenissae from 1846 belonged to Cornelia Johanna de Vogel, Plato scholar, philosopher, theologian, and outspoken conservative Catholic intellectual. #crowdsourcing #classics #bookhistory #herbook

Some items found inside a wedding bible from 1899: an embroidered cross and a card with a bible verse bookmarking the story of Susanna. #bookhistory #herbook #bible

Another charity shop book inscription, just for fun: #onthisday in 1932, Annie Rutherford won this book as first prize in... sack race! #bookhistory #otd

In other news, the project is now on SciStarter! @scistarter.bsky.social #crowdsourcing #bookhistory

This one's a charity shop find: a novel that used to belong to the Danish Women's Reading Association (1872-1962), a private club with a reading room and a lending library, giving members access to the newest literature and newspapers. #womenshistory #herbook #bookhistory #bookclub

It's got lots of lovely foldouts! #foldoutfriday #herbook

Today's #herbook used to belong to an Englishwoman named Frances Fenton Cawthorne (1759-1839). Kindly shared by an anonymous participant. #crowdsourcing #bookhistory #womenshistory #nature

This #crowdsourcing contribution comes from a pile of moldy books in a Swedish attic, and Alexander would like to have us know that he went to great lengths to collect it! #bookhistory #womenshistory