Collectif - Journal des Demoiselles - 1867

Excitingly, this superbly illustrated edition of the illustrated magazine aimed at young girls from the bourgeoisie and aristocracy combines pedagogy, entertainment, and moral prescriptions within an elegant editorial framework.

This richly illustrated periodic publication offered articles on education, literature, history, natural sciences, but also on fashion, domestic arts, and social practices, aiming to shape a female ideal in accordance with the values of piety, gentleness, and refinement.

The collective character of the writing reflects the diversity of voices and knowledge mobilized, while maintaining an ideological coherence centered on virtue and the education of young women.

This periodical illustrates the role of women's magazines in constructing social and cultural models of the 19th century, by combining encyclopedic knowledge, moral prescriptions, and visual appeal. It also demonstrates the growing importance of illustrated press in shaping sensitivities and domestic practices.

Collectif - Journal des Demoiselles - 1867 - At the Journal Office
320 pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its vintage green half-leather, with marbled covers, signs of use with some minor material loss on the covers, smooth decorated spine, gold lettering and date on a maroquin label.

Good interior condition, scattered foxing, beautiful initial letter, texts in two columns, work enriched with beautiful colored illustrations outside the text, a detached leaf in the center of the work, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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