An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. Interspersed with Reflections upon Love and Taste. Written for the Honour of the Fair Sex.

by a Lady by Women’s Education

$3,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Fifth edition. 6 , 149, 1, ad pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. neatly rebacked, flyleaves removed, some light browning or spotting, mostly marginal, ink date 1759 at foot of title page, a few pen or pencil marks on title and in margins. ESTC T123106 BL, NLS, Smith College ; Wing A 4058. Item #13363 First published in two editions in 1696, and reprinted in 1697, 1721, and the present edition, ca. 1750,

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