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as derived from the Practice of the Central School of the National Society... in the Sanctuary, Westminster. 2nd edition London: Roake and Varty 1838, 8vo, with 12 pages of mounted actual specimens including 2 samplers and garments marked 'Girls' school Saham 1846', 26pp, price list at end, front inner hinge splitting, original cloth with some fading, a few specimens loose, in contemporary age- stained cotton envelope case.

Footnote: Provenance: First pastedown with mounted testimonial letter of Charlotte Please's abilities on needlework and knitting dated 1845 signed by the matron and chairman, further family gift inscription dated 1872

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