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CrowdsourceHerBook is a research project about women's history, old books, and participatory science based at the University of Southern Denmark. Project blog: https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/ Posts by Charlotte Epple MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · May 20

Tell me about your woman-owned books! Submit them via the survey below.
✔️ printed before 1900
✔️ contains evidence of female ownership (a signature e.g.)
#bookhistory
#crowdsourcing
#womenshistory

Get involved!

If you are interested in contributing to the project by sharing your books, please feel free to email the editor, Charlotte Epple, at cepple[at]sdu.dk. You can contribute by filling in the Crowdsource...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 17h

wow. the algae are incredible!

CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 21h

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

#23 Mrs Spurrell’s Translation of the Old Testament Scriptures

This book was kindly shared by Stephen Ricketts. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription #1: “With Mrs Spurrell’s compliments” Type of ownership mark #2: Library shelfmark?Transcription #2...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 23h

Danke für's drüber nachdenken!

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 2d

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

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 2d

To illustrate, some lines from the poem About Husbands. (Appreciated or not at the time, ladies certainly did learn Greek and Latin) #bookhistory #womenshistory #classics

Screenshot of page 94 of John Godfrey Saxe's poem About Husbands from the collection The Masquerade and other poems (1866)

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 2d

"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

#21 Vanny Berry’s The Masquerade and Other Poems, 1866

This book was kindly shared by Patrick Schlichtenmyer. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Miss Berry – from her friend Mr E.” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “V...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 23d

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

#20 Elizabeth Dickins’ Generall Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God

This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Elizabeth Dickins HER BOOKE cost vi shillings & vi pence 1660” Bibliographic dataTitle: ...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 23d

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

#19 Mary M. Foster’s Chaucer, 1893

This book was generously shared by Patrick Schlichtenmyer. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “1893 Mary M. Foster Germantown” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription: “P...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · 28d

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

#18 Pauline Neal’s Pastorali Italiane, 1787

This book was generously shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Ms (?) Pauline Neal” Type of ownership mark #2: bookplateTranscription: “Italien. Literatur 141.” and “Dr. Strousberg” Bibliographic dataTitle: Le tre più celebri pastorali italianeSubtitle: Aminta, Favola boscareccia di Torquato Tasso; Il pastor fido, Tragi-Commedia Pastorale del Guarini; Filli di Sciro, … Continue reading #18 Pauline Neal’s Pastorali Italiane, 1787

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Searsapple @sparrersway.bsky.social · Sep 7

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

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 14

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#17 Elisabeth Kaufhold’s Erklärung des heiligen Messopfers, 1868

This book was kindly shared by MT. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Elisabeth Kaufhold H. 1872.” Note: H. could mean “Herbst” – ‘autumn’? Or “Heiligenstadt”? Type of ownership mar...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 13

That would be wonderful! Do report back on what you find.

CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

#16 Anna A. Junkans’ A Study of the Sky, 1896

This book was kindly shared by Patrick Schlichtenmeyer. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Anna A. Junkans (?) Sept. ’96” Type of ownership mark #2: stampTranscription: “SAN FRANCIS...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

A man reclining on a chaise longue reading a book held by a Holloway book stand.

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same book. Same guy? #bookhistory #classics

A pupil's doodle of a man with a beard, bow tie, and hat, at the top of a page containing printed Greek text.

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 12

very cool!

CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Aug 12

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

A pupil's doodle of a man holding a cylindrical object, at the bottom of a page containing printed Greek text.

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Jul 25

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

#14 Sarah Barker’s Introduction to Astronomy, 1796

This book was kindly shared by Roberta Fountain. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Sarah Barker March 1800” Type of ownership mark #2: book plateTranscription: “Hethersett of Shrop...

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · Jul 24

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!

An open copy of Longfellow was a presentation plate dated 1924.

The spine of a copy of The Poetical Works of Longfellow.

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Jul 24

Really cool! I love these prize labels. I saw one for a Grace Bridges in a charity shop a while ago, for "excellent Conduct + Progress", dated 1914.

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Jul 24

Not much info on the book owner, but I found a match of the signature in a different book from 1769 at the @stabiberlin.bsky.social. Here it is: resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001FA690... #bookhistory #herbook

CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Jul 24

Another #crowdsourcing contribution in French. #herbook #bookhistory

#13 Frederique de Zwierlein’s Lettres de Cecile a Julie, 1769

This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Frederique de Zwierlein” Bibliographic dataTitle: Lettres de Cécile à Julie, nouvelle éditi...

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CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social · Jul 17

Danish-French dictionary, 1862. #herbook #bookhistory

#12 Marie Grandjean’s Danish-French dictionary, 1862

This book was kindly shared by a colleague of the editor. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Marie E. Grandjean” Bibliographic dataTitle: Dictionnaire Danois-Français et Français-Danoi...

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