VAN SCHURMAN, Anna Maria.

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Opuscula Hebraea, Graeca, Latina, Gallica. Prosaica & Metrica. Second and expanded edition of the most famous work by the Dutch polymath and proto-feminist Anna Maria van Schurman, first published in 1648. Comprising over 70 letters in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and French, a striking self-portrait, and a reprint of her treatise on the rights of women to education, Opuscula definitively affirmed Van Schurman's authoritative standing in the Republic of Letters.Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was "regarded throughout the 17th century as the most learned woman not only of the Netherlands but also of Europe. She was 'the Star of Utrecht', 'the Tenth Muse', 'a miracle of her sex'. As the first woman to attend non-officially a university, she was also the first to advocate, boldly, that women should be admitted into universities. A brilliant linguist, she mastered at least 14 languages and was the first Dutch woman to seek publication of her correspondence. Her letters in several languages to the intellectual men and women of her time reveal the breadth of her interests in theology, philosophy, medicine, education, literature, painting, sculpture, embroidery, and instrumental music" (Oxford Bibliographies entry). Notable among her correspondents are Antoinette Bourignon, René Descartes, Pierre Gassendi, Bathsua Makin, and André Rivet, as well as royal figures like Queen Christina of Sweden. She also served as an academic mentor to Princess Elizabeth of the Palatinate. In later life,

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