Memoirs of Celebrated Female Characters, who have Distinguished Themselves

by their Talents and Virtues in Every Age and Nation...Embellished with Portraits by Mary Pilkington

$1,450 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: Albion Press, 1804. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over drab boards, with gilt and morocco label to spine. Joints cracked but holding firmly; gentle shelfwear to boards. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown, else unmarked. Measuring 102 x 92mm and collating 10 , 346: complete, including all 12 engraved portraits inserted as called for by the instructions to the binder.

• Binding: Leather

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