Lot 183

Feminist interest: a Victorian flyer
Belief and Commandments on the Rights of Women

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
£1,500
Description
London: H. Disley, [n.d.] 25 x 19cm, two copies (each stuck to opposing sides of an album leaf)
Footnote
Note: A comic 'Ten Commandments' on the rights of all married women (addressed to their husbands), including a third commandment:
"Before going to work in the morning you must light the fire and make me a strong cup of tea with something nice in it in case I should have the wind, and you must not grumble if the kettle does not boil when you come home to breakfast."
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
