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LARGE VISUAL HAND-COLORED CHART IN PERSPECTIVE OF TIME ~ BY THE CREATOR OF THE FIRST HISTORICAL ATLAS IN THE UNITED STATES

WILLARD, Emma.  WILLARD'S MAP OF TIME: A COMPANION TO THE HISTORIC GUIDE. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1846. First edition. One page. 27 x 38 1/2 inches unfolded. Bound in 4to. quarter green cloth with original brown paper covered boards, printed in black.

Emma Willard (1787-1870) was an American women's rights advocate and  pioneer educator who founded the first women's school of higher learning, the Middlebury Female Seminary in her home. But she also authored one of the most widely printed textbooks of United States history, and created the first historical atlas of the United States. By drawing maps, graphs, and pictures of the country's past, Willard helped translate the reality of the country as a physical entity into the much more powerful idea of the country as a nation. Willard used the spatial dimension of the American past to engage students, develop their memories, integrate history and geography, and-most importantly-to consolidate national identity. In the process, learning itself became an act. A rare and stunning item. Cloth split at spine. Boards soiled, large dampstain to front cover, not affecting chart. Moderate foxing to chart, with minimal loss at joints. SOLD
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