#wrapperwednesday

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Our copy of Life of General Scott (New York, 1852) is bound in blue wrappers made from a contemporary package of sewing cotton that was sewn on by a previous owner. #WrapperWednesday

Life of General Scott. [New York] : [A.H. Jocelyn], [1852]

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Check out the gorgeous decorated paper wrappers on our copy of Luke Howard’s Christian Momento (Philadelphia, 1824) #WrapperWednesday

Howard, Luke,1772-1864. A Christian memento, Philadelphia: To be had of Benjamin & Thomas Kite, No. 20, North Third Street.,1824. 12 p. ;  18 cm.

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We’re eyeing the gorgeous green Dutch-gilt paper wrappers on our copy of Prayers and Hymns for the Use of Children (1800) on this #WrapperWednesday

Dutch-gilt paper was a popular decorative paper produced in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and can be found in a variety of colors with embossed or printed decoration mimicking popular brocades and damask fabrics of the period. 

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748. Prayers and hymns for the use of children.  Whitehall [Pa.]: : Printed for W. Young, the corner of Chesnut and second-streets, Philadelphia., M,DCCC. [1800] 32 p. ;  10 cm (24mo)

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Need a cure for a runny nose, hay fever, cold in head, deafness, AND headache? This #WrapperWednesday brings us the inside front wrapper of A Romance of Boston (circa 1888). Published by the Abbott’s Menthol Plaster Co. of Worcester, Massachusetts, A Romance of Boston is a fictional correspondence between three women as well as an advertisement for a variety of medicinal products, including this ad for Abbott’s Menthol Snuff.

A romance of Boston. Worcester, Mass. : Abbott’s Menthol Plaster Co., [1888?] 31, [1] p. ;  16 cm.  

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The gilt-lettered back wrapper on this 1868 pamphlet is our mane attraction for #WrapperWednesday 

Sarah A. Chevalier’s Treatise on the Hair is an advertisement for a hair growth product that includes six pages of testimonials, as well as a list of places in 21 cities- from Boston to Paris- where the author’s product can be purchased. We were not able to gather much information about the author, but if she was indeed an M.D., she was one of the first women after Elizabeth Blackwell to earn a medical degree.

Chevalier, Sarah A. Treatise on the hair. : Learn to cultivate and have beautiful hair to the latest period of life. / By Sarah A. Chevalier, M.D. [New York] : 1868. Turner & Mignard, steam printers, 109 Nassau Street, N.Y., [1868] [2], 20, [2] p. ;  19 cm.

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So thankful to have this wonderful gift I can call ading in my life! 💙🎁👯 #latepost #WrapperWednesday #ateadingthings #Famsilog #KAAMPSpiritWeek16 #KAAMPPoints16 (at San Jose State University)