A Very Clark Wedding

This week, the Clark staff congratulates our own Manuscript & Archives Librarian, Rebecca Fenning, on her impending marriage.  She will be married this Saturday in a beautiful outdoor spot in Los Angeles.  As we daydream about how wonderful her day will be and the joys of marriage that lie ahead, we could not help but dig out several related items from the Clark collection to peruse on this very topic.

We’ve selected a few books of our books on marriage to show here, mainly the title page and a detail from one or two of the books.  They are quite entertaining!  Some of them are about the beauty and satisfaction of the institution, some are advice on how to keep your chin up while single, and one is even a directory to rich widowed women.

Love for Loves or, a Dialogue Between a Loving Husband and a Virtuous Wife (title page)

Love for Loves or, a Dialogue Between a Loving Husband and a Virtuous Wife (first page of text)

The Happy Pair; or a Poem of Matrimony (title page)

Matrimonial Customs (from around the world)

A Vade Mecum: or, Companion for the Unmarried Ladies.

Matrimony; or Good Advice to the Ladies to Keep Single (title page)

Matrimony; or Good Advice to the Ladies to Keep Single

A Master-Key to the Ladies of the Treasury. Or, The Widower and Batchelor’s Directory. (title page)

A Master-Key to the Ladies of the Treasury. Or, The Widower and Batchelor’s Directory. (Spinster category)

A Master-Key to the Ladies of the Treasury. Or, The Widower and Batchelor’s Directory. (Baronet’s widows)

We wish Becky all the best, and know that her marriage will only be one of Happy Pairs and Loving Dialogues.  We cannot wait for her to return from her honeymoon with hundreds of photos of exotic, far-flung places.  Congratulations, Becky!!

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